Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

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Newton developed this law which?

Says that all objects in the universe attract each other with an equal force that varies directly as a product of their masses, and inversely as a square of their distance from each other.

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What is this force known as?

Gravity

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What is the mathematical equation that Newton’s law of universal gravitation relies on is expressed as?

F= G(m^1 m²) / R²

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F= G(m^1 m²) / R²

What does G represent?

Gravitational constant

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What does M represent?

Mass

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What does R represent?

Distance

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What do the sun and earth have?

A gravitational relationship.

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If the earth or sun’s mass was doubled:

The force on earth would double

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The force the sun exerts on earth is:

Equal and opposite the force the earth exerts on the sun, which brings in newtons third law

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