Question

An astronaut on a spacewalk accidentally drops a tool, and it floats away.Which of the following objects is exerting a gravitational force on the floating tool? Choose all that apply

the astronaut
the Moon
the Earth
the Sun

Answer 1

All of them are correct

Step-by-step explanation:

They are all correct select all

Answer 2

Gravitational force is given as

`F = (Gm_1m_2)/(r^2)`

so here gravitational force will be given by above formula where the force between two objects depends on the mass of two objects and distance between them.

Now here since the tool is at finite distance from Astronaut and Moon, Sun, Earth

So all the above will exert gravitational force on the tool but the magnitude of force will be different as all of the above are of different masses and situated at different distance.

So all options are correct here

The Astronaut

The Moon

The Sun

The Earth