It's time to get to know how the moon's gravitational field works and answer some other interesting questions about Earth's nearby satellite. Yes, there is gravity on the moon.

We can use these values to find the gravitational field on the moon. Illustration: Rhett Allain. That puts the gravitational field at about one-sixth (0.166) the value on Earth, or 1.63 N/kg.

Flying in tandem around the moon, GRAIL's twin spacecraft not only mapped out variations in the lunar gravitational field, but in doing so, created the highest-resolution map of any celestial body ...

Anomalies in the moon’s gravitational field suggest our satellite’s insides are warmer on one side than the other – which means that its interior is asymmetric. By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan.

By incorporating the monthly and yearly distortions in the moon's shape and gravitational field with other lunar information (such as the average density of the moon), researchers were able to ...

However, the moon's gravitational field is not consistent throughout, as evidenced by Bouguer gravity anomalies. As Earth's natural satellite, the moon plays a vital role in shaping our planet's ...

The moon's diameter of about 2,160 miles (3,475 km) is a bit more than a quarter of Earth's diameter. The lunar mantle is the layer located beneath the crust and above the core, spanning a depth ...

The Moon is attracted to the Earth because it is within the Earth’s gravitational field. Learn more on gravity in this podcast Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds.

Tiniest gravitational field ever created may solve a mystery Einstein couldn't. ... For comparison, the gravitational force between the Earth and Moon is roughly 2 x 10^20 newtons.

Laser measurements of the moon’s orbit square with Newton’s third law of motion and Einstein’s theory of gravity. ... which dictates the force on an object in a given gravitational field.