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by jballanc 4502 days ago
sigh ...take a moment to re-read what I wrote. Then take a moment to re-read what you wrote.

Newton's LAWS of Motion are not a THEORY. They are a descriptive generalization about how gravitation behaves under stated circumstances. Those circumstances being slow speeds and large masses. In those circumstances, they are not wrong. They are a generalization. The THEORY of General Relativity contains Newton's LAWS of motion as a part of the overall framework.