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[OngBonga]

I mean, it's not gravity. Gravity is so, so much weaker than electromagnetism and piddly compared to the strong force.

What is r squared in the equation for the force of gravity between two bodies? The force of gravity is inversely proportional to distance squared. What's the force of gravity if distance between two bodies is zero? EM dominates atoms, where the distance between particles is much greater than those at the event horizon of a black hole, assuming all the mass of the black hole is at the event horizon.

[MadMojoMonkey]

What is r squared in the equation for the force of gravity between two bodies? The force of gravity is inversely proportional to distance squared. What's the force of gravity if distance between two bodies is zero? EM dominates atoms, where the distance between particles is much greater than those at the event horizon of a black hole, assuming all the mass of the black hole is at the event horizon.

There's a 1/r^2 in both equations.

The Coulomb Force and Newton's Law of Gravity look the same.

F = [constant] * [amount of 1]*[amount of 2] / r^2

For Gravity,
F = GMm/r^2

For E&M
F = kQq/r^2

The GMm's are about 0.5% as intense as the kQq's.