Newton's Laws of Motion

Newton's Laws

Inertia

• First Law: Law of Inertia
  • An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue to move with a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force.
  • Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.
  • Inertia is a fundamental property of an object and is dependent on its mass.

Gravitation

• Universal Gravitation
  • Every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force acting along the line intersecting both points.
  • The force of gravity is proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
  • F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2, where F is the force of gravity, G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses, and r is the distance between them.

Force and Acceleration

• Second Law: Force and Acceleration
  • The force applied to an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration.
  • F = ma, where F is the net force acting on an object, m is its mass, and a is its acceleration.
  • The direction of the force and acceleration are always in the same direction.
  • The more massive an object, the less it will accelerate when a given force is applied.
  • The greater the force applied, the greater the acceleration of the object.

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