Monday, 7 May 2018

gauss law - Intuitive explanation of the inverse square power $frac{1}{r^2}$ in Newton's law of gravity



Is there an intuitive explanation why it is plausible that the gravitational force which acts between two point masses is proportional to the inverse square of the distance $r$ between the masses (and not only to the inverse of $r$)?




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