How did Newton discover the value of the universal gravitational constant?

Subject: How did Newton discover the value of the universal gravitational constant?

Date: Wed Nov 4 20:58:38 1998
Posted by David Woodworth
Grade level: 10-12
School: Apex High
City: Apex State/Province: North Carolina
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 910234718.Ph

Message:


I would appreciate any information you may possibly have about the
procedure Newton went through to actually find the value of the 
universal gravitational constant (6.67 * 10^-11).

Thank you,

David

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