Question

Even though stone also attracts Earth, Earth does not move because of:

• A. Force exerted by Earth is less
• B. Greater mass of Earth
• C. Force exerted by stone is less
• D. Lesser mass of Earth

Answer 1

The correct option is B Greater mass of Earth

We know that,

F = $\frac{G{M}_1{M}_2}{R^2}$
so, the greater the mass of the object would be the greater force it will apply on the object.
In this condition, the distance is constant so the object with greater mass will apply greater force and so we can see motion in stone as the earth has greater mass than the stone.