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Which of newtons laws helps explain the orbit of a space shuttle around Earth and the orbit of Earth and the sun? please answer asap! :)
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Which of newtons laws helps explain the orbit of a space shuttle around Earth and the orbit of Earth and the sun? please answer asap! :)

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Two of Newton's laws, properly combined with geometry and calculus, then mixed, stirred and massaged, produce orbital motion.

==> Law of universal gravitation (gravity)

==> Second law of motion ( F=ma ).
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