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Universal Gravity: was Newton Right?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Alan E. Wright ,
M. J. Disney  and
R. C. Thomson
Alan E. Wright
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, P.O. Box 276, Parkes, NSW 2870
M. J. Disney
Affiliation:
University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK
R. C. Thomson
Affiliation:
University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK
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Abstract

We question Newton’s inverse square law of universal gravitation in the light of recent, alternative formulations. In addition, we present numerical simulations of galaxy interactions which were used in an attempt to distinguish between an inverse square law and an inverse linear law. We conclude that an inverse linear relation is as compatible with the observational data on interacting galaxy systems as the inverse square law.

Type
Extragalactic
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , 1990 , pp. 334 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1990

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