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OpenStudy (anonymous):

This may be a bit or a heretical question, but is there a derivation for Newton's law of universal gravitation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No. Newton just realized that if the gravitational force was an inverse square law, then it would lead to elliptical orbits for the planets.

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