Newton's Law Of Universal Gravitation

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explanation of this we will assume a linear plane, one in which all forces act
in only one direction. Therefore when the apple fell it went straight towards
the center of the earth (accelerating at about 9.8 meters per second second).
Newton then figured that the same force that pulled the apple to Earth also
pulls the moon to the earth. But what force keeps the moon from flying into the
earth or the earth flying into the sun (Edwards 493)?
To better understand this, one other aspect must first be understood.
Galileo showed that all objects fall to the earth at the same rate (the classic
cannonball and feather proved this). But why? If a piano and a saxophone were
both dropped from the top of the Empire State Building then they would both slam
into the ground at the same rate. Newton realized then that the moon and the
apple were both being pulled towards Earth at the same rate but yet the moon was
the only one who resisted the force and stayed in its elliptical ...

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