Originally posted by gravityblock
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The force between the two is the same - the masses and therefore the acceleration is different.
What would the acceleration of an orange be if it were at the same distance away as the center of Jupiter?
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Using this formula:Gravity of Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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we get 9.8(6378000 / 77,875,000)² = 0.065735350991036485292261078146699 m/s²
So the orange is accelerated at the same rate at that distance
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