HOW NEWTON'S LAW OF GRAVITY (THE LAW OF TWO-BODY GRAVITY) CAME TO BE CALLED THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION

This article attempts to dispel the biggest myth that has surrounded Newton's law of gravitation for over 300 years. It reveals the history of the term "law of universal gravitation" in physics and the consequences of its unjustified application to the law of two-body gravity. The role of Robert Hooke and his astonishing intuition, which paved the way for him to formulate the actual law of universal gravitation, is revealed in a new light.