10-19-10, 09:41 PM
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Navy Seal 
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No, the ships would need to be massive...
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The force of attraction between small masses is negligible. As the mass increases, so does the force of attraction increases accordingly, in direct proportion to their product. Many, are prone to exaggerate this force. A person, not a physicist tried to assure that the frequently observed mutual attraction between the ships at sea was a result of gravitation. However, it is easily reckoned that the gravitation has no role in it. Two 25,000-ton battleships will attract each other with a force of only 400g, when they are 100 meters apart. This is naturally too little for the ships to move. The reason for this attraction is entirely different.
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