What Are the Effects of Gravitational Force on Mass and Velocity?

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Gravitational force is an inherent attraction between any two objects with mass, regardless of their size. It is described by Newton's law of gravitation, where the force is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The gravitational field is spherically symmetric for objects like Earth, meaning it pulls objects towards its center uniformly. At the center of a massive object, gravitational forces from all directions cancel out, resulting in weightlessness. The discussion also touches on theoretical concepts like creating objects with gravity and the implications of black holes, emphasizing that mass and distance are the key factors in gravitational interactions.
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pallidin said:
Ok, so is the mass increase dependent on a specific range of accelerative velocity? Or, is the mass increase an inherent nature of acceleration, regardless of how small the acceleration?

For velocities much smaller than c, mass can be treated independently from velocity, since the denominator is approximately
1, but strictly speaking, any object has mass determined by the formula above,
no matter what velocity it has.

Special relativity tends to deal in inertial (non-accelerating) reference frames,
so I'm not sure if that formula holds for a mass of non-constant velocity.
Any SR experts want to help me out? I'm a bit curious myself.
 

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