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If all objects that have mass also have gravity, why doesn’t your pencil orbit around you or get pulled towards you while it sits on the desk?
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If all objects that have mass also have gravity, why doesn’t your pencil orbit around you or get pulled towards you while it sits on the desk?

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it will fall off on the table

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Because the Earths Gravitational force is stronger.

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You have less mass then the earth, and gravity is affected by mass and distance

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