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  • Gravity and Mass: Does Weight Affect Gravitational Pull?
    No, gravity acts on all objects, regardless of their weight or mass.

    Here's why:

    * Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation: This law states that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

    * Mass and Gravity: Gravity is a fundamental force that depends on the mass of objects. The more massive an object, the stronger its gravitational pull. However, even objects with very small masses still experience gravity.

    * Examples: A feather and a bowling ball dropped from the same height will fall at the same rate in a vacuum (where air resistance is negligible) because gravity acts on them equally.

    So, while heavier objects have a stronger gravitational pull on other objects, gravity acts on all objects, regardless of their mass.

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