The sun's mass is about 2.7 x 107 times greater than the moon's mass. The sun is about 400 times farther from Earth than the moon. How does the gravitational force exerted on Earth by the sun compare with the gravitational force exerted on Earth by the moon?

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Heath Zuniga

12 January, 20:40

The sun's mass is about 2.7 x 107 times greater than the moon's mass. The sun is about 400 times farther from Earth than the moon. How does the gravitational force exerted on Earth by the sun compare with the gravitational force exerted on Earth by the moon?

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Lucia Daniel · Answer 1

Due to the much large mass of the Sun, the Sun exerts a much larger force on the Earth, the moons Gravitational pull is mostly negated however liquids are still influenced by the moon resulting in High and low tides