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which he had observations move in parabo-
lae round the Sun, and are thus subject to
the universal law.
Newton realised that, while planets and
satellites are chiefly controlled by the cen-
tral body about which they revolve, the new
law must involve irregularities, due to their
mutual action–such, in fact, as Horrocks
had indicated. He determined to put this
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