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If the mass of two objects is doubled but the distance between them remains the same, what happens to the force of gravitational attraction between them

If the mass of two objects is doubled but the distance between them remains the same, what happens to the force of gravitational attraction between them
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If the mass of two objects is doubled but the distance between them remains the same, what happens to the force of gravitational attraction between them

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The gravitational attraction will also double. This happens because the more massive an object, the more gravitational influence an object will have.

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