Newton's Law of Gravitation

Definition

The law proposed by Sir Isaac Newton that states that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Related terms

Mass: The amount of matter an object contains.

Inverse Square Law: A mathematical principle stating that as the distance between two objects increases, the strength or intensity of a physical quantity decreases proportionally to the square of that distance.

Universal Gravitational Constant: A constant value denoted by G in the equation for gravitational force, which determines the strength of gravity.