Physics GCSE
gravitational attraction
What gravitational attraction means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of gravitational attraction
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Reference: AQA
The pulling together of the particles of the cloud, which makes it collapse and become denser and hotter.
Topics that use gravitational attraction
- Our solar system (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- artificial satellites
- dwarf planets
- Equilibrium
- Gravitational collapse
- nuclear fusion
- orbiting the Sun
- scale of the universe
- start of fusion
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