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Mass of a particle depends on its speed. Does the attraction of the earth on the particle also depend on the particle’s speed?

The relativistic mass of the particle is,



The gravitational force of Earth is given by,




Thus, both mass and the gravitational attraction depends on the particle’s speed.


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