law of gravitation

• Principio científico fundamental, descrito por primera vez por Isaac Newton, según el cual toda partícula de materia en el universo atrae a cualquier otra con una fuerza proporcional al producto de sus masas e inversamente proporcional al cuadrado de la distancia entre sus centros.

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.

   ley de gravitación universal

   • 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.