Newton conjectured that the same type of force, gravitational force, is responsible for attracting both the apple towards the Earth and the moon towards the Earth.
What was Newton’s conjecture regarding the force that attracts the apple and the moon?
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Newton conjectured that the force attracting an apple to Earth and the moon in its orbit was the same: gravity. He proposed that this gravitational force diminishes with the square of the distance between the objects.