Newton's Law of Gravity

Q: Are the accelerations of and apple and the Moon both caused by a universal force, called GRAVITY?

Observed by Newton:

    Acceleration of the moon (v2/R) giving am
    Acceleration of an apple (9.8 m/sec2) giving aa

MoonApple1_boxed.gif (2583 bytes)

Calculated by Newton: 

    Accelerations expected from the Law of Gravity

MoonApple2_boxed.gif (3711 bytes)

Take the ratio of the accelerations: 

MoonApple3_boxed.gif (2585 bytes)

The Law of Gavity is Universal!

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