Multiple Choice
The force of gravity between two objects:
A) increases with the masses of the bodies, but decreases with their separations.
B) increases with the masses of the bodies, but decreases with the square of the distancesbetween them.
C) increases with the square of their masses, but decreases with the cube of their periods of orbitabout the Sun.
D) depends on the density, not the mass of the bodies.
E) depends on the temperature, density, and size of the bodies.
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