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It turns out, it's not the mass of the object,
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it's something else called "electric charge".
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Then, how does the force vary with distance?
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Well, it varies like 1 / r^2.
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You know that.
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So that's how you slowly study and identify new forces.
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So, the forces were found in the order of gravitation first,
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and then electricity and magnetism
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and now of course there are new forces called "Strong forces".
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There are weak forces.
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They all act on the subnuclear level;
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so that's why that business is not done.