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law of gravitation

[ law uhv grav-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

Physics.
  1. a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (​called the gravitational constant ) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of law of gravitation1

First recorded in 1755–65
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If this alternative gravity theory is correct, it would be a "major revolution," Loeb said, emphasizing it would be at the scale of Newton's law of gravitation and Einstein's law of gravity.

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A universal law of gravitation that is truly universal renders the up there/down here distinction meaningless, at least physically.

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Newton’s universal law of gravitation is a fine example.

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Indeed the law of gravitation itself was not tested until British scientist Henry Cavendish did so in 1798, while measuring the density of the Earth.

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In particular, he solved what many in the eighteenth century considered the most important open problem in astronomy: reconciling the complex motions of the Moon with Newton's universal law of gravitation.

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