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How would the size of the force exerted by Earth’s gravity on an object (lets say... a pencil) compare with the size of the force the pencil exerts on the Earth? I'm pretty sure that the forces would be equal from Newton's third law but it could also be that the Earth, with a larger mass, exerts a larger force on the Earth compared to the pencil, which has a smaller mass and thus exerts less force.
Searching for answers [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_larger_the_force_the_earth_exerts_on_you_or_the_force_you_exert_on_the_earth] seem to give two varied results: either the body with a larger mass (earth) will exert a greater force on the smaller mass (pencil) than the smaller mass (pencil) exerts back on the larger mass (earth), or that the forces will be equal due to Newton's Law of Gravitation and Newton's 3rd Law.
Searching for answers [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_larger_the_force_the_earth_exerts_on_you_or_the_force_you_exert_on_the_earth] seem to give two varied results: either the body with a larger mass (earth) will exert a greater force on the smaller mass (pencil) than the smaller mass (pencil) exerts back on the larger mass (earth), or that the forces will be equal due to Newton's Law of Gravitation and Newton's 3rd Law.
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