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Why is the gravitational force of attraction between two bodies of ordinary mass not noticeable in everyday life?

It is because of very small value of the gravitation constant G, the gravitational force between bodies of ordinary mass is extremely small. Hence their acceleration is too small to cause any noticeable motion. The only attraction that we notice is the acceleration due to the earth (g) because the earth is very massive.

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