🌍 GRAVITY: WHY THINGS FALL DOWN
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THE FORCE BEHIND EVERYTHING
EVERY OBJECT PULLS EVERY OTHER OBJECT
Toss a ball, it goes down. It always does, unless something else nudges it. That steady downward tug has a name: gravity. Every bit of stuff pulls a little on every other bit, even you and the floor, you and a star far away, though most pulls are tiny next to the Earth under your feet.
Newton said the same kind of idea that tugs an apple can also curve the path of the Moon, if you think big and long range. One big story of pulls ties falling apples to wheels and worlds.
Newton said the same kind of idea that tugs an apple can also curve the path of the Moon, if you think big and long range. One big story of pulls ties falling apples to wheels and worlds.
"Farther apart, a softer tug; big masses, a stronger pull." (Newton, plain words.)
PULL!
WHAT IS GRAVITY?
🏠 Gravity is a force of attraction
⚔️ Every mass pulls every other mass
🔴 Bigger mass = stronger gravity
📈 Farther apart = weaker gravity
⚔️ Every mass pulls every other mass
🔴 Bigger mass = stronger gravity
📈 Farther apart = weaker gravity
NEWTON'S FORMULA
🧩 F = G × m₁ × m₂ ÷ r²
🔺 G = gravitational constant
🔺 m₁, m₂ = the two masses
🔺 r = distance between them
🔺 G = gravitational constant
🔺 m₁, m₂ = the two masses
🔺 r = distance between them