Universal gravitation is the law that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force that grows with their masses and shrinks with the square of the distance between them. It unified the physics of falling bodies on earth with the motion of the planets.
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Standing TodayAccepted as a Limit of a Larger Theory 1 Connections
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Source Newton's Law of Gravitation (Britannica)
Proposed By
Source Isaac Newton (Britannica)
Tested By
Source Cavendish Experiment (Wikipedia)
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1. Newton's law of universal gravitation (Wikipedia)
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the law still continues to be used as an excellent approximation of the effects of gravity in most applications
2. Newton's Law of Gravitation (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia Britannica- Proposed Year: 1687
- Proposed By: Isaac Newton
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