Talk:Newton's law of universal gravitation

"Observations conflicting with Newton's theory"

I don't get the meaning and purpose of the last sentence in the last paragraph - in the section "Observations conflicting with Newton's theory" - can anyone edit it to clarify the meaning?

"The problem is that Newton's Theories and his mathematical formulas explain and permit the (inaccurate) calculation of the effects of the precession of the perihelions of the orbits and the deflection of light rays. However, they did not and do not explain the equivalence of the behavior of various masses under the influence of gravity, independent of the quantities of matter involved." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.76.229 (talk • contribs) 08:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

That doesn't make any sense to me either; it's since been removed from the article. -- Beland (talk) 08:43, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

G is the probabilistic effect of overall attraction

F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2}\ , where:

F is the force between the masses,
G is the gravitational constant (6.673×10−11 N·(m/kg)2),
m1 is the first mass,
m2 is the second mass, and
r is the distance between the centers of the masses.
Diagram of two masses attracting one another

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.84.213.243 (talk • contribs) 15:50, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

This formula is already explained in the article; I don't think the theory is "probabilistic". -- Beland (talk) 08:44, 18 May 2024 (UTC)