Every object that has mass attracts every other object with a gravitational force. It has been proven that the size of the gravitational force increases as the objects’ masses increase but graviational force decreases rapidly as the distance between the objects increases.

This statement about matter and its behavior is best classified as a______.

The gravitational force increases as the mass of the object increases and it rapidly decreases as the distance between the objects increases. This statement is best classified as the law of universal gravitation.

Two objects having mass attracts every other object with a gravitational force. It is given by :

[tex]F=G\times \dfrac{m_1\times m_2}{r^2}[/tex]..........(1)

From equation (1), it is clear that the force is directly proportional to the product of masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them. It is "universal law of gravitation".