Hear me out, gravity pulls us towards itself. It is determined by the magnitude of mass of that object. As we go deeper in earth, the amount of mass ‘under’ us decreases and so doesn’t the gravity also decrease? Have been thinking about it since I was 12, I am 15 now 🙂
Edit : It wouldn’t be right to thank just one of you by replying as I have seen some other people do but thanks for all the replies, I really appreciate it.
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Mass dictates the an objects gravity. The effects of gravity diminish greatly with distance.
The scientific formula is, iirc,
F = Gm1 • m2 / r^2
F is the force generated, G is the gravitational constant , m is the mass of the respective objects, and r is the radius (distance to the center of mass)
The reason I share this is because you can see that any increase in distance will be more impactful than a increase in mass of similar proportions
That’s why the moon, although significantly less massive than the sun, is so much more impactful on say the tides than the sun is, because it is so much closer.
the moon is 400x closer than the sun , but the sun is 330,000 more massive than the earth — which is more massive than the moon
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