Gravitational pull is the attractive force exerted by a massive object on another object due to their masses and the distance between them, as described by Newton's law of universal gravitation. This force is responsible for the orbits of planets, the tides on Earth, and the structure of the universe on a large scale.

Gravitational Pull

Gravitational pull

attractive force

massive object

Newton's law of universal gravitation posits that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers. This fundamental principle explains the gravitational attraction observed in planetary motions, tides, and free-fall phenomena on Earth.

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