AhaBulbStuff Everyone Should Know
AhaBulb: Stuff Everyone Should Know · ahabulb.com/astro-gravity-inverse-square

If separation doubles, how does Newtonian gravitational force change?

Start playing free

  1. It becomes one quarter
  2. It becomes one half
  3. It becomes four times stronger

🔒 The answer is for AhaBulb members. Members see the answer, why it's right and the official sources for every card of Stuff Every Astronomer Should Know, plus timed practice exams.

The first 50 cards of every test are free to play.

Play the free cards See membership

Like this card?
Play the game

References

  1. Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/3-3-newtons-universal-law-of-gravitation Checked 2026-10-10.

Think this answer is wrong? Tap "Challenge this answer" on the card in the game and tell us why.

Test yourself in the game

Astronomy & SpaceHow does Newtonian gravitational force depend on two masses?Astronomy & SpaceWho built the first successful reflecting telescope, in 1668?Astronomy & SpaceWhen do spring tides produce the largest average tidal ranges?

That's stuff everyone should know.