Uniformitarian Principle

[Anton Sherwood]

> Phil Jennings (2 Jul 2001) wrote:

>> . . . In physics, we are pleased to know that the rate of
>> (locational) change of falling objects increases with mass
>> and decreases with distance, in accordance with laws described
>> by Isaac Newton.  Gravity is a constant, but it is contingent
>> on mass and distance.

Douglas G Kilday wrote:

> This is a rather severe mangling of Newtonian mechanics, and
> in fact contradicts Galileo's observation that gravitational
> acceleration is independent of the falling object's mass,
> which Newton neatly explains. Next time, consult an introductory
> textbook of calculus-based physics.

I think you'll find that the mass of the attracting body
is not entirely irrelevant.

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