All Textbook Topics - Forces and Motion - Gravity Introduction - All masses have a gravitational field around them, but any effect is weak unless the mass is very large
All masses have a gravitational field around them, but any effect is weak unless the mass is very large
All objects with mass have a gravitational field around them. This diagram shows the gravitational field lines around the Earth:
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The effect of gravity is not normally noticeable unless the mass is very large, this is why we easily observe gravity on the Earth, it has a huge mass.
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