Newton’s Principles of Mechanics Sir Isaac Newton realized that the force that makes apples fall to the ground is the same force that makes the planets “fall” around the Sun. Newton had been asked to address the question of why planets move as they do. He established that a force of attraction toward the Sun becomes weaker in proportion to the square of the distance from the Sun. Newton ... More @Wikipedia
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