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 | | where the exponent n is 2.00000016. However, most people didn't (and still don't) find that idea to be very appealing, since it conflicts with basic conservation laws, e.g., Gauss's Law, unless we also postulate a correspondingly modified metric for space (ironically enough). |
| | The large tolerances for Venus and Earth are mainly due to the fact that their orbits are so nearly circular, making it difficult to precisely determine the axes of their elliptical orbits. |
| | Obviously if w = 0 this gives the "proper" analog of Newton's inverse-square law for radial gravitational acceleration. With non-zero w the term w |
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