As a rocket moves farther and farther upward from the launch pad, what happens to the strength of Earth's gravitational field around the rocket?

a. It gets weaker.

b. It grows stronger.

c. It remains constant.

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Physics

Gretchen Carroll

18 November, 08:16

As a rocket moves farther and farther upward from the launch pad, what happens to the strength of Earth's gravitational field around the rocket?

a. It gets weaker.

b. It grows stronger.

c. It remains constant.

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Phillip Galloway · Answer 1

The forces of gravity between two objects are inversely proportional

to the square of the distance between them.

So the gravitational forces are stronger at closer distance, and weaker

at greater distance.

This is a big part of the reason why we are attracted more strongly to

the Earth than we are to Jupiter.

Eddie Lawrence · Answer 2

From my understanding of this, the closer to the core of the earth you are the stronger the gravity is, so it probably gets weaker.

As a rocket moves farther and farther upward from the launch pad, what happens to the strength of Earth's gravitational field around the rocket?a. It gets weaker.b. It grows stronger.c. It remains constant.

As a rocket moves farther and farther upward from the launch pad, what happens to the strength of Earth's gravitational field around the rocket?

a. It gets weaker.

b. It grows stronger.

c. It remains constant.