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Chapter 1: Q5DQ (page 424)

When will you attract the sun more: today at noon, or tonight at midnight? Explain.

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You will attract the sun at noon.

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01

Direction of effective force between Sun and Earth

The gravitational force between the sun and Earth acts on each other in the opposite direction at noon but acts in the same direction at midnight.

02

Whether you will attract the sun more at noon or midnight

The effective force of a person on the sun is less at midnight because the effective force between the sun and earth is in the same direction.

The effective force of a person on the sun is more at noon because the effective force between the sun and earth is in the opposite direction.

Therefore, you will attract the sun at noon.

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