_________ hypothesized that planetary motions could be explained by a force arising from the attraction between the mass of the planet and Sun that decreased with the square of the distance between them.
A) Johannes Kepler
B) Isaac Newton
C) Tycho Brahe
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
E) Galileo Galilei

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Isaac Newton hypothesized the law of universal gravitation, which states that the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This law was able to explain the motions of planets around the Sun.

_________ Hypothesized That Planetary Motions Could Be Explained by a Force