law of gravitation

• Fundamentales physikalisches Gesetz, das von Isaac Newton formuliert wurde und besagt, dass sich zwei Massen mit einer Kraft anziehen, die proportional zum Produkt ihrer Massen und umgekehrt proportional zum Quadrat ihres Abstands ist.

A fundamental scientific principle, first described by Isaac Newton, stating that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

1. Newton's Law of Universal GravitationC1formal

   A physical law stating that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

   Newtonsches Gravitationsgesetz

   • Newton formulated the law of gravitation after observing an apple fall from a tree.
   • The law of gravitation explains why planets orbit the sun.
   • Calculations based on the law of gravitation are used to predict the motion of satellites.