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Unlike Masses Can't Produce Like Opposite Forces
So Newton now had mirror images of F = k.M.m/D2 through the accident of the ability to measure acceleration due to gravity of a body in... read more
Newton Sets Up His Contradiction
It was the high tide of the earth under the moon apparently being a falling of water towards the moon that gave Newton the confidence ... read more
Applying Galileo
Newton said the force on m due to M’s gravity would be k x m x a in accordance with what he had got from Galileo (Newton’s second ... read more
Newton Making His Law of Gravity
2/ It was also assessed that there was a direct proportion between magnitude of gravity of a body and the magnitude of the bodies mass.&... read more
Keplers Third Law
Orbital Velocity (km/s) Distance from Sun (106 km) V2D (the constant) MERCURY 47.9 57.9 13.3 x 105 VENUS 35.0 108... read more
Newton's Contradiction
Many centuries before, Aristotle had believed that force was necessary for the continuation of motion. As time went by, this came to be held in some ... read more