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And we have done many problems.
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When a body accelerates there's a reason for it.
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Well, all bodies are accelerating towards the Sun.
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It's fairly clear what the reason is.
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The reason is the Sun.
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And you then postulate a force that's exerted by the Sun on the planet
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that bends it into a circle.
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And your job is to find out that force.
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What's the nature of the force?
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So, it is again here that Newton decided
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that the force that bends the planets around the Sun
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is the same as the force that bends the Moon around the Earth.