law of gravitation

• Principe scientifique fondamental, décrit pour la première fois par Isaac Newton, selon lequel chaque particule de matière dans l'univers attire toute autre particule avec une force proportionnelle au produit de leurs masses et inversement proportionnelle au carré de la distance entre leurs centres.

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.

   Loi de la gravitation universelle

   • 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.