Isaac Newton · Science

Universal Gravitation

Newton’s law of universal gravitation - that every body attracts every other with a force proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance - which unified the heavens and the earth under a single law.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Newton’s law of universal gravitation. State the law in your own words and explain how it unified the falling of bodies on Earth with the motions of the Moon and planets.

Leads to Kepler.

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