Newton's law of gravitation
- Newton's law of gravitation
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Statement that any particle of matter in the universe attracts any other with a force (F) that is proportional to the product of their masses (m1 and m2) and inversely proportional to the square of the distance (R) between them.
In symbols:
F =
G(m
1m
2)/
R2, where
G is the gravitational constant.
Isaac Newton put forth the law in 1687 and used it to explain the observed motions of the planets and their moons, which had been reduced to mathematical form by Johannes Kepler early in the 17th century.
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statement that any particle of matter in the universe attracts any other with a force varying directly as the product of the masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. In symbols, the magnitude of the attractive force
F is equal to
G (the
gravitational constant, a number the size of which depends on the system of units used and which is a universal constant) multiplied by the product of the masses (
m1 and
m2) and divided by the square of the distance
R: F =
G(
m1m2)/
R2. Isaac Newton put forward the law in 1687 and used it to explain the observed motions of the planets and their moons, which had been reduced to mathematical form by Johannes Kepler early in the 17th century.
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Universalium.
2010.
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