Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas, the 1500 mile (2414 kilometer) long mountain range that was formed when the Indo-Australian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate. It is surrounded by a number of peaks, including Lhotse, (27,940 feet/8,516 meters); Nuptse, (25,771 feet/7,855 meters); and Changtobse, (24,870 feet/7,580 meters).
Gravity is what holds the planets in orbit around the sun and what keeps the moon in orbit around Earth. The gravitational pull of the moon pulls the seas towards it, causing the ocean tides. Gravity creates stars and planets by pulling together the material from which they are made.
Fun facts about gravity. 1  Ocean tides are caused by the gravity of the moon. 2  Mars is smaller and has less mass than Earth. As a result it has less gravity. 3  The standard gravity from Earth is 1 g force. When riding a roller coaster you may feel a lot more g forces at times.