Question

State two factors on which the gravitational force between two objects depends.

Answer 1

1. According to the universal law of gravitation, every object in the universe attracts other objects with a force whose magnitude is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
2. The magnitude of the force (F) of gravitation is given by $F=\frac{G{m}_1{m}_2}{R^2}$.
3. This means the gravitational force between two objects depends mainly on the masses of both the objects, as well as the distance between the two objects.
4. Hence, the two factors are the masses (m₁ and m₂) of the objects and the distance (R) between the objects.