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j.rubin

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How do the two factors (mass and distance) in Newton's law of gravitation each affect the force on the two bodies?
 
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Observations of young stars (as well as theory) tell us that when the Sun was young, the solar wind
 
  A) was stronger than it is today.
  B) was nonexistent.
  C) blew outward only along the Sun's poles.
  D) was weaker than it is today.
  E) was about the same strength as it is today.



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Answer to Question 1

The greater the masses of the two bodies, the larger their gravity. The farther apart the bodies, the weaker this force, by the inverse square of this distance.

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