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    Newton nearly died from the Black Plague in London and later defined the law of universal gravitation and inertia, laying the foundation for modern physics. He showed that planets farther from the sun move slower due to their greater orbital distance weakening the sun's gravitational pull. Newton also calculated that the moon falls about 1/20 of an inch toward Earth each second due to gravity, though it never impacts the surface due to its horizontal motion in orbit around our planet.

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    Newton nearly died from the Black Plague in London and later defined the law of universal gravitation and inertia, laying the foundation for modern physics. He showed that planets farther from the sun move slower due to their greater orbital distance weakening the sun's gravitational pull. Newton also calculated that the moon falls about 1/20 of an inch toward Earth each second due to gravity, though it never impacts the surface due to its horizontal motion in orbit around our planet.

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    Newton nearly died from the Black Plague in London and later defined the law of universal gravitation and inertia, laying the foundation for modern physics. He showed that planets farther from the sun move slower due to their greater orbital distance weakening the sun's gravitational pull. Newton also calculated that the moon falls about 1/20 of an inch toward Earth each second due to gravity, though it never impacts the surface due to its horizontal motion in orbit around our planet.

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    THE MECHANICAL UNIVERSE Name: Abigail Sanders

    The Apple and the Moon Class:

    1. What disease did Isaac Newton barely escape?


    Black Plague of London

    2. What scientist single handedly laid the foundation for modern astronomy?
    Nicolas Copernicus

    3. Define inertia:
    If an object is already moving, it will keep moving in a straight line at constant speed unless a
    force stops it.

    4. Planets further from the sun move slower .

    5. Write Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation:


    g=G(ME/RE^2),

    6. Explain what it means to put an object in orbit:

    When an object goes around the Earth.

    7. How far does the moon fall every second?


    th
    1/20 of an inch as his first guess

    8. What happened to Newton in 1696?


    He went mad/insane

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