UNIVERSE
CELESTIAL MECHANICS
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Question
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Which orbital mechanics historical figure was known for deducing the existence of an inverse square law attractive force by building on the work of a man who died 13 years before this astronomer was born.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Tycho Brahe
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Johannes Kepler
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Robert Hooke
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Isaac Newton
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From his law of centrifugal force and Kepler’s third law of planetary motion, Newton deduced the inverse-square law.
Detailed explanation-2: -But history is history and what-ifs are what-ifs. The plague came to London in 1666, Cambridge closed, and Newton discovered gravity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Isaac Newton developed the three basic laws of motion and the theory of universal gravity, which together laid the foundation for our current understanding of physics and the Universe.
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