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    Newton's inverse-square gravitational law, not an inverse... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Planetary velocity varies inversely with a planet's distance from the Sun.

    Newton's inverse-square gravitational law, not an inverse-distance power, correctly predicts planetary velocities via centripetal acceleration.

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    • 1.Inverse-square law precisely matches observed orbital periods via Kepler's third law without empirical adjustment parameters.
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    • 2.Centripetal acceleration framework derives naturally from inverse-square force, eliminating ad-hoc force assumptions.
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    • 3.Inverse-square law successfully predicts perturbations, precession, and multi-body effects that inverse-distance laws cannot explain.
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    • 1.Newton's law assumes instantaneous force transmission, conflicting with relativity's locality principle and light-speed limits.
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    • 2.Inverse-square law is empirically indistinguishable from inverse-distance at typical planetary scales; both fit data equally well.
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    • 3.General relativity shows gravity is spacetime curvature, not literal force—making Newton's mechanistic framework fundamentally mischaracterized.
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