11. This constant will be determined by requiring the theory to reduce to Newton's law of gravitation in the nonrelativistic limit. 12. His work there included experiments in microwave spectroscopy and tests of the inverse square law of gravitation at short distances. 13. In 1859, Urbain Le Verrier discovered that the orbital precession of the planet Newton's inverse-square law of gravitation was incorrect. 14. Instead of the possibly apocryphal apple triggering the Universal Law of Gravitation , a madeleine sets off a universal law of recollection. 15. The upheaval was accompanied by a number of major scientific advances, including Robert Boyle's discovery of the universal law of gravitation . 16. Newton's law of gravitation soon became accepted because it gave very accurate predictions of the apsidal precessions of all the planets. 17. Newton s law of gravitation , as he expounded it, is no less a creation of his mind than Beethoven s 5th symphony. 18. I suppose the more fundamental question is : where is this energy coming from that " enforces " the law of gravitation ? 19. Having determined r, the velocity of the planet around the star can be calculated using Newton's law of gravitation , and the orbit equation: 20. His main achievement was to mathematically derive Kepler's laws of planetary motion from the law of gravitation , thus helping to prove the latter.
