The
weight of an apple is the force of gravity with which the Earth attracts it and depends on the masses of
the Earth and the apple. But you must understand that the mass of the apple is a property which
depends only on the apple.
On the moon the apple weighs less, but its mass is the same as on the
Earth.
The gravitational force of
attraction is responsible not only for the falling of bodies, but also
for
the trajectory of any heavenly body around another. And also, or
course, for the movement of artificial
satellites and of the moon around the Earth. Depending on the
speed with which the satellite moves parallel to the ground, the
trajectory can be very different. Observe the demonstration.
The brown mass remains still and the force
which it exerts on the blue mass (brown arrow) conditions the movement.
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