Law of universal gravitation

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo	all objects with mass
gptkbp:category	gptkb:classical_mechanics
gptkbp:constantInEquation	gravitational constant
gptkbp:describes	gravitational attraction between masses
gptkbp:explains	planetary motion falling objects tides
gptkbp:forceInverselyProportionalTo	square of the distance between the masses
gptkbp:forceProportionalTo	product of the two masses
gptkbp:form	F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2
gptkbp:formedBy	gptkb:Isaac_Newton 1687
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Law of universal gravitation
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Newtonian_mechanics
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Philosophiæ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion gptkb:Newton's_laws_of_motion
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:general_relativity
gptkbp:state	every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force acting along the line intersecting both points
gptkbp:usedIn	orbital mechanics
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4