1687:This English scientist explains the basis for the Moon's tidal effect on the Earth
... Earth's gravity actually causes the moon to fall about one 
millimetre ... Newton's universal Law of Gravity is one of the great science... [DOC] [TLE] Moon - Cosmeo [PAR] Moon, name given to the natural satellite of the Earth, and sometimes applied to 
the satellites of the .... 1687 A work written by Isaac Newton, an English scientist, 
explained the basis for the moon's motion and the moon's tidal effect on Earth.