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Introduction to Gravitation : Kepler's Laws

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State whether the gravitational force between two masses is attractive or repulsive?

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According to Newton's law of gravitation, any two bodies in this universe attract each other with the force of gravity. So, the gravitational force between two masses is always attractive.

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