• Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the...
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    gravitational constant is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation...
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  • Gauss's law for gravity, also known as Gauss's flux theorem for gravity, is a law of physics that is equivalent to Newton's law of universal gravitation. It...
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    for most applications, gravity is well approximated by Newton's law of universal gravitation, which describes gravity as a force causing any two bodies...
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  • Newton's law may refer to: Newton's laws of motion Newton's law of universal gravitation Newton's law of cooling Newton's constitutive law for a Newtonian...
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    mechanics, a gravitational field is a physical quantity. A gravitational field can be defined using Newton's law of universal gravitation. Determined in...
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  • specified, like Newton's law of universal gravitation. By inserting such an expression for F {\displaystyle \mathbf {F} } into Newton's second law, an equation...
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    existence of the gravitational constant was explored by various researchers from the mid-17th century, helping Isaac Newton formulate his law of universal gravitation...
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    Isaac Newton's apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor represents the inspiration behind Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. While the precise details of Newton's...
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  • other effects, such as buoyancy or drag. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that there is a gravitational force between any two masses that is equal...
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    and hence zero outside sources. Newton's law of universal gravitation follows an inverse-square law, as do the effects of electric, light, sound, and radiation...
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  • description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of universal gravitation, providing...
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  • Look up law of attraction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Law of attraction may refer to: Electromagnetic attraction Newton's law of universal gravitation...
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  • gravitational attraction between masses results from the warping of space and time by those masses. Before the advent of general relativity, Newton's...
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  • the concept of the non-local interaction of objects that are separated in space. Coulomb's law and Newton's law of universal gravitation are based on...
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  • gravity, Newton's law of universal gravitation simplifies to F = mg, where F is the force exerted on a mass m by the Earth's gravitational field of strength...
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    Gravitoelectromagnetism (category Effects of gravity)
    separate theory expanding Newton's law of universal gravitation.[better source needed] This approximate reformulation of gravitation as described by general...
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    bringing forth modern science. In the Principia, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint...
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    loss of potential energy. The gravitational force between two bodies of mass M and m separated by a distance r is given by Newton's law of universal gravitation...
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    Copernican Revolution (category History of astronomy)
    used Kepler's laws of planetary motion to derive his law of universal gravitation. Newton's law of universal gravitation was the first law he developed...
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  • gravitational radiation, a form of radiant energy similar to electromagnetic radiation. Newton's law of universal gravitation, part of classical mechanics, does...
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  • conditions, Newton's law of universal gravitation may be used to obtain values that are accurate. In general, and in the presence of significant gravitation, the...
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  • observed, and the law may be found to be false when extrapolated. Ohm's law only applies to linear networks; Newton's law of universal gravitation only applies...
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  • include gravity and electromagnetism as described by Newton's law of universal gravitation and Coulomb's law, respectively. The problem is also important because...
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  • ensures that the presence of m has a negligible influence on the behavior of M. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, F(r) is given by F ( r...
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  • Principia Mathematica, in which he formulates Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation 1690 - James Bernoulli shows that the cycloid...
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    Entropic gravity (category Theories of gravity)
    r^{2}.} From algebraic substitution of these into the above relations, one derives Newton's law of universal gravitation: F = m 2 π c k B T ℏ = m 4 π c ℏ...
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  • Sun or most moons and greatly simplifies equations. Under Newton's law of universal gravitation, if the distance between the bodies is r, the force exerted...
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  • also refer to: Newton's law of universal gravitation, the classical theory of gravitation General relativity, the theory of gravitation published by Albert...
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    momenta) of three point masses that orbit each other in space and calculate their subsequent trajectories using Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal...
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