- The sun will win the tug-of-war because it has significantly more mass than all the other objects in the solar system combined.
- Mass is the amount of matter in an object, and greater mass means stronger gravitational pull.
- Even though the sun isn’t the biggest object in the universe, its immense mass gives it overwhelming gravitational dominance over planets, moons, and asteroids.
- In a tug-of-war, the side with more mass (and thus more gravitational force) pulls harder — so the sun easily wins.
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