Newton didn't believe that it is a real force acting between masses <math>M</math> and <math>m</math> since he didn't believe in possibility of ''action at a distance'' through vacuum, and mainteined that it is just a mathematical coincidence that accidentally produces such an effect but its physical reasons are still not known. For him such attractive force looked extremly mysterious and improbable and he refused to believe in possibility of existence of ''"attractive gravitational force"''. | Newton didn't believe that it is a real force acting between masses <math>M</math> and <math>m</math> since he didn't believe in possibility of ''action at a distance'' through vacuum, and mainteined that it is just a mathematical coincidence that accidentally produces such an effect but its physical reasons are still not known. For him such attractive force looked extremly mysterious and improbable and he refused to believe in possibility of existence of ''"attractive gravitational force"''. |