query: Gravity: Why is the inverse square law exactly $1/r^2$ instead of just close to 2?
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positive_passages.text: The distance square in the Newton's law of universal gravitation is really a square?
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negative_passages.text: Infinities in Newtons law of gravity (for point particles)
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negative_passages.text: Why in Newton's law of gravity, we do $M_1 \times M_2$ and not $M_1 + M_2$?
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negative_passages.text: Why is there a factor of $4\pi$ in certain force equations?
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negative_passages.text: How can I read off the fact that gravity is associated with spin-2 particles from the Einstein-Hilbert action?
negative_passages.docid: 123911
negative_passages.text: Why is the derivative of a vector orthogonal to the vector itself?
negative_passages.docid: 4789
negative_passages.text: Apparent Violation of Newton's $3^{\text{rd}}$ Law and the Conservation of Momentum (and Angular Momentum) For a Pair of Charged Particles
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negative_passages.text: How exactly does gravity work?
negative_passages.docid: 83532
negative_passages.text: Confusion I have regarding Einstein's 1905 derivation of LT
negative_passages.docid: 134835
negative_passages.text: What is exactly the inverse of the function $f(x)=\frac{x}{1-x^2}$?
negative_passages.docid: 70660
negative_passages.text: Why is $\sqrt{8}/2$ equal to $\sqrt{2}$?
negative_passages.docid: 137061
negative_passages.text: Understanding the different kinds of mass in gravity
negative_passages.docid: 57305
negative_passages.text: Relativistic Mass and Gravity
negative_passages.docid: 106917
negative_passages.text: Do individual rays of light lose energy via the inverse square law?
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negative_passages.text: Why there is a $\frac{1}{2}$ in the distance formula $d=\frac{1}{2}at^2$?
negative_passages.docid: 148127
negative_passages.text: Whats the relationship between $R^2$ and F-Test?
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negative_passages.text: Can the gravitational constant $G$ be calculated theoretically?