Universal Law

of Motion
What is the Universal Law
of Gravitation?
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation states that every
particle in the universe attracts every other particle in
the universe with a force that is exactly proportional to
the product of their masses and inversely proportional
to the square of the distance between them.
 The Equation of The
Universal Law of
Gravitation

F equals G (the gravitational constant, a quantity whose value depends on

the unit system employed and is a universal constant) multiplied by the
product of the masses (m1 and m2) and divided by the square of the
distance R: F = G(m1m2)/R2.
Here F is the gravitational force between two bodies, m1
and m2 are their masses, r is the distance between their
centers, and G is the universal gravitational constant. The
universal gravity constant (G) is the constant
proportionality (G) in the above equation. The precise
value of G was determined experimentally by Henry
Cavendish. G = 6.673 x 10^-11 N m2/kg2 is discovered to
be the value of G.
 In 1687, Isaac Newton proposed the
law, which he used to explain the
observed motions of the planets and
their moons, which Johannes Kepler
had reduced to mathematical form
earlier in the 17th century
Resources
• https://byjus.com/physics/universal-law-of-
gravitation/
• https://www.britannica.com/science/Newtons-laws-
of-motion