On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:31:16 -0700 (PDT), PD
wrote:

On Jul 7, 7:06*pm, Mitch Raemsch
wrote:
Are we falling toward it or it toward us?

If forces go to infinity when do forces become negligible?

Mitch Raemsch

We are certainly experiencing a component of acceleration toward it.
Of course a ball tossed in the air is accelerating downwards both on
the way up and on the way down.

PD
Gravity from nearest star system? You mean besides the Sun.
Our earth is captive with only 1/1600 of a gee from the sun and it's
near by. Gravity from distant stars should be negligible.
Even for Alpha Centauri, only 4 LY away it's around 1e-14 gees.