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Theory of gravitation

Kepler's Laws are the result of the inverse-square law

F=G m_1 m_2 / r^2

where r is the distance between the two masses m_1 and m_2 and G is a constant.

Themes

Celestial mechanics

History

1609 AD Kepler Laws of planetary motion
1684 AD Newton Theory of gravitation
1823 AD Gauss Theory of errors