How do you determine which direction the gravitational force should pull on an object?
How do you determine which direction the gravitational force should pull on an object?
It is possible to use a system of equations with a circle with the length of the force and a line going through it with the slope of the line connecting two points. I just KNOW that there has to be a better, less buggy way.
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Re: How do you determine which direction the gravitational force should pull on an object?
If you've just got one object pulling on another - gravity will pull them 'towards' one another. So the direction from one to the other.
If you're working with x-y coordinates, you can find the direction of the vector by using the difference of the objects' x and y coordinates.
If you're working with x-y coordinates, you can find the direction of the vector by using the difference of the objects' x and y coordinates.