At their closest approach, Venus and Earth are 4.20 × 10 10 m apart. The mass of Venus is 4.87 × 10 24 kg, the mass of Earth is 5.97 × 10 24 kg, and What is the force exerted by Venus on Earth at that point?

Explanation:

The magnitude of the gravitational force between two objects is given by :

where :

is the gravitational constant

m1, m2 are the masses of the two objects

r is the separation between them

In this problem:

is the distance between Venus and the Earth

is Venus mass

is the Earth's mass

Substituting, we find the gravitational force between the two planets:

c. magnitude and direction