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Most recent answer: 05/04/2012
Q:
Earth attracts object towards its center due to magnetic attraction or gravity?
- Uzair Bin Khalil (age 15)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pkistan
A:
Gravity.
Mike W.
(published on 05/04/2012)
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