They say an object has mass has gravity, does this mean i have my own gravity?
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Imagine taking a bowling ball and a ping pong ball and attaching them together with a rubber band. Stretch them apart and let go. They will both pull the other ball towards itself with the same force, but the bowling ball won’t move. That’s the same concept as you and the earth.
https://youtu.be/SN1Q5ru2fI0 veritasium has very old video where he calculates force between between two people.
A fun way to demonstrate this is to try and hold a small but dense object still with two fingers.
You can do it. But now try to hold it very very close to a table and hold it still.
You will see your that your fingers start to shake once you get close enough.
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