Newton

According to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, each object in the universe attracts every other object with a force that depends on the distance between them and their masses. This force is mathematically given by the following formula:

Here, F is the gravitational force, G is the gravitational constant and m? and m? refers to the masses of the objects, and r represents the distance between them.

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation explains the behaviour of tides due to the Moon's gravity, planetary motion, and even how satellites orbit the Earth. This law is widely used in space research and astrophysics to find out the masses of the celestial bodies and how they interact with each other. It is accurate in most cases but for extreme gravitational fields, instead of Newton's law, Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is more useful.