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Why dose the weight of an object change with increasing elevation on earth
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Why dose the weight of an object change with increasing elevation on earth

User Prashant Pokhriyal
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Because the strength of the gravitational forces between two objects
depends on the distance between the objects' centers, and when your
elevation changes, so does the distance between your center and the
center of the Earth.


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