1. The mass of the Earth is 81 times the mass of the Moon. Using Newton's Law of Gravity, what would the effect of gravitation be if the mass of the Moon were increased by four times and the distance between Earth and
the Moon were cut in half?
Explanation: Newton found the Moon's inward acceleration in its orbit to be 0.0027 metre per second per second, the same as (1/60)2 of the acceleration of a falling object at the surface of Earth.
