Newton's law of universal gravitation

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physical_phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo all objects with mass
gptkbp:category physics
gravitational theories
gptkbp:describes gravitational attraction
gptkbp:forceInverselyProportionalTo square of the distance between the centers of the masses
gptkbp:forceProportionalTo product of the two masses
gptkbp:form F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
1687
gptkbp:hasConstant gravitational constant
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:classical_mechanics
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Philosophiæ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kepler's_laws_of_planetary_motion
gptkb:Einstein's_theory_of_general_relativity
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 astrophysics
celestial mechanics
orbital mechanics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cavendish_experiment
gptkb:Einstein_field_equations
gptkb:Einstein's_field_equations
gptkb:Newtonian_gravity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Newton's law of universal gravitation

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