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crownabhisek
Jan 22, 2009, 10:17 PM
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE QUESTION AND THEN ANSWER
At what value of Force, could we feel or see the effect of gravitational pull or force between two objects.
E.g. 2 pencils kept at a very small distance (r) exert a force (F) on each other such that they are pulled by each other and stick to each other though the force is easy to overcome.
But actually, I want to see two bodies moving towards each other (ignoring Friction and Force of gravity due to earth on the objects).

Capuchin
Jan 23, 2009, 01:03 AM
You'd need to do something similar to the Cavendish experiment:

Cavendish experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_experiment)

I'm sure there are more recent methodologies that you could find.

harum
Jan 23, 2009, 11:26 AM
Your feeling of a force or ability to sense a force does not depend on the nature of this force. It can be anything: gravity, electricity, inertia, etc. In the absence of friction, two pencils would move to each other all the time.