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== Gravity ==
 
== Gravity ==
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Newton developed the [[Theory of Universal Gravitation]], more commonly known as gravity, when, according to  legend, a falling apple struck him on the head. He realized that the same force that pulled the apple to the ground could be what keeps [[Jupiter]]'s moons in orbit. His theory stated that all matter is attracted to matter by a force, whose strength increases proportionally to the mass of the objects involved, and inverse proportionately to the distance between them. The theory's accuracy was later improved by the theory of [[relativity]].
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Newton developed the [[Theory of Universal Gravitation]], more commonly known as gravity, when, according to  legend, a falling apple struck him on the head. He realized that the same force that pulled the apple to the ground could be what keeps [[Jupiter]]'s moons in orbit. His theory stated that all matter is attracted to matter by a force, whose strength increases proportionally to the mass of the objects involved, and inversely proportional to the squared distance between them. The theory's accuracy was later improved by the theory of [[relativity]], which replaces Newton's theory entirely at cosmological scales but gives similar results at small scales.
    
== Religious Beliefs ==
 
== Religious Beliefs ==
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