Comprehension Passage
Gravity, a fundamental force, varies across Earth's surface and within its structure. It's strongest at the surface and diminishes with altitude. Surprisingly, at the Earth's center, gravity effectively becomes zero. This occurs because the planet's mass exerts equal gravitational pull in all directions at this point, cancelling out the forces. Gravitational force between objects depends on their mass product, separation distance, and the universal gravitational constant, but not on their mass sum. Weight, distinct from mass, measures gravity's pull on an object, expressed as a product of mass and gravitational acceleration. Understanding these concepts clarifies how gravity shapes our world and the universe.
The force of gravitation between two bodies in the universe does NOT depend on:
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the distance between them
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the sum of their masses
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the gravitational constant
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the product of their masses