law of universal gravitation

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo all objects with mass
gptkbp:category gptkb:astronomy
physics
gptkbp:describes gravitational attraction between masses
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:includesConstant gravitational constant
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:classical_mechanics
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:PhilosophiƦ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
gptkbp:replacedBy general relativity (in some contexts)
gptkbp:state every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force acting along the line intersecting both points
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:classical_mechanics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4