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Universal Law of Gravitation

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$F = \frac{G m_{1} m_{2}}{d^{2}}$ is the mathematical form of Newton's law of gravitation. $G$ is gravitational constant, $m_{1}$ , $m_{2}$ are the masses of two bodies separated by a distance $d$ , then give the statement of Newton's law of gravitation.

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Newton's law of gravitation :
Every object in the universe, attracts every other object with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
$F = \frac{G m_{1} m_{2}}{d^{2}}$ .
where $F$ = gravitational force
$G$ = universal gravitational constant
$m_{1}, m_{2}$ = masses of the objects
$d$ = distance between the objects

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