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Science Facts – “Gravity”
1) Gravity discovered from latin gravis(heavy).
2) Gravity is the weakest force(weaker than electromagnetic force,strong force and weak force).
3) Gravity and weight are not same thing.
4) Gravity is carried by massless particles called gravitons.
5) Arabhyata described an “attractive force” that keep any object on Earth as it rotates.
6) Larger the mass,larger the gravity.
7) Anyone will feel weightless at centre of Earth.
8) Gravity can bend the light.
9) The moon’s gravity makes Earth’s ocean bulge.
10) Extreme gravity can tear whole star system into pieces.
11) Range of gravity is infinite.
12) All objects fall on Earth at the same time,acceleration due to gravity is  9.8 m/s2.Â
13) “Archimedes” discovered the centre of gravity of a triangle.
