Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University | Any single force is only one aspect of a mutual interaction between two bodies |
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When the mass varies due to accretion or ablation, [an alternate equation explicitly accounting for the changing mass] should be used | I]t is essential to deal with the same set of particles throughout the time interval[ |
Quoting Newton in the Principia: It is not one action by which the Sun attracts Jupiter, and another by which Jupiter attracts the Sun; but it is one action by which the Sun and Jupiter mutually endeavour to come nearer together.
15Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy | |
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Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press | I Bernard Cohen Peter M |
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