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Forces due to gravity are always attractive

The diagram below shows objects above the Earth experiencing a force due to gravity, we refer to this force as Weight.

Weight, the force due to gravity is always attractive.

Here is another diagram showing forces due to gravity. The forces are always attractive, and come in pairs, they act on both objects with equal magnitudes and opposite directions.

Forces due to gravity are always attractive.

They can NEVER be repulsive.

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The range of a gravitational field is infinite so all masses exert a force on all other masses through gravity, at great distance, the force is very, very small
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The force due to gravity is called Weight

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