If gravitation is the power by which all bodies tend towards each other,then why do all bodies tend towards the centre of the earth?

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(N/A) According to Newton's law of universal gravitation,every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them $(F = G \frac{M_1 M_2}{r^2})$.
While all bodies do exert a gravitational force on each other,the magnitude of this force is extremely small for objects of ordinary size because their masses are negligible compared to the mass of the Earth.
In contrast,the Earth has an enormous mass. Therefore,the gravitational force exerted by the Earth on any object near its surface is significantly larger than the mutual gravitational forces between those objects.
Consequently,the Earth's gravitational pull dominates,causing all objects to be attracted towards the centre of the Earth.

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