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  2. Inverse-square law - Wikipedia

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    The divergence of a vector field which is the resultant of radial inverse-square law fields with respect to one or more sources is proportional to the strength of the local sources, and hence zero outside sources. Newton's law of universal gravitation follows an inverse-square law, as do the effects of electric, light, sound, and radiation ...

  3. Percentage depth dose curve - Wikipedia

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    PDD increases with increasing radiation field size due to greater primary and scattered photons from the irradiated medium; PDD increases with increasing SSD because inverse square variations over a fixed distance interval are smaller at large total distance than small total distance [1]

  4. Two-body problem in general relativity - Wikipedia

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    The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit. Kepler published the first two laws in 1609 and the third law in 1619. They supplanted earlier models of the Solar System, such as those of Ptolemy and Copernicus. Kepler's laws apply only in the limited case of the two-body ...

  5. Radiant intensity - Wikipedia

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    Radiant intensity is used to characterize the emission of radiation by an antenna: [2], = (), where E e is the irradiance of the antenna;; r is the distance from the antenna.; Unlike power density, radiant intensity does not depend on distance: because radiant intensity is defined as the power through a solid angle, the decreasing power density over distance due to the inverse-square law is ...

  6. Newton-Hooke priority controversy for the inverse square law

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    In addition, Newton had formulated, in Propositions 43–45 of Book 1 [16] and associated sections of Book 3, a sensitive test of the accuracy of the inverse square law, in which he showed that only where the law of force is calculated as the inverse square of the distance will the directions of orientation of the planets' orbital ellipses stay ...

  7. Talk:Inverse-square law - Wikipedia

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    No the inverse square law is a spreading function and is independent of the spectrum of radiation. The typical LED has a built in reflector and lenses that direct the light in one direction. Inverse square still applies but it's as if the point source was originated somewhere far to the rear of the actual LED so the fall of is less per unit ...

  8. Two-body problem - Wikipedia

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    The most prominent example of the classical two-body problem is the gravitational case (see also Kepler problem), arising in astronomy for predicting the orbits (or escapes from orbit) of objects such as satellites, planets, and stars. A two-point-particle model of such a system nearly always describes its behavior well enough to provide useful ...

  9. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    The intensity of initial nuclear radiation decreases rapidly with distance from the point of burst because the radiation spreads over a larger area as it travels away from the explosion (the inverse-square law). It is also reduced by atmospheric absorption and scattering.