Some Astrologers Claim That the Gravitational Influence of Mars Can

Essay

Some astrologers claim that the gravitational influence of Mars can affect a child during birth. Gravitational force is linearly proportional to the masses of two bodies and decreases with the square of the distance between those bodies. Compare the influence of Mars (at a distance is 7.8 × 10⁷ km from Earth) and a 70 kg doctor at a distance of 0.1 m, on a 3 kg baby. The mass of Mars is 6.42 × 10²³ kg, and the universal gravitational constant is G = 6.67300 × 10^-11 m³ kg^-1s^-2.