The fall of an apple near Newton made him contemplate whether the same force responsible for attracting the apple towards the Earth also influenced the motion of the moon.
What prompted Newton to think about the nature of the force between objects like the Earth and the moon?
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Newton was prompted to think about the nature of the force between objects like the Earth and the Moon due to his observations of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth and his understanding of falling objects on Earth, leading him to speculate on a universal law of gravitation.