Show individual forces for:     Mass 1 Mass 2 Mass 3 Mass 4

Click-and-drag to move the particles around, and use the sliders to change their masses. These particles interact via gravity, so you can see the net gravitational force on each one as well as the individual gravitational forces.

Simulation written by Andrew Duffy, and first posted on 5-10-2018.

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This simulation can be found in the collection at http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/classroom.html.

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