Newton concluded that a force from the Earth had to act on the moon because

a. a force is needed to keep the moon in motion in its orbit.
b. a force is needed to pull the moon outward.
c. a force is needed to accelerate the moon toward Earth away from straight-line motion.
d. the moon moved at a constant velocity in a straight line.
e. all of the above


C

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