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"Newton's law of universal gravitation (Sir I. Newton)"

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Definition: Newton's law of universal gravitation (Sir I. Newton): Two bodies attract each other with equal and opposite forces; the magnitude of this force is proportional to the product of the two masses and is also proportional to the inverse square of the distance between the centers of mass of the two bodies.
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