What is the importance of the universal law of gravitation?
- AIt binds us to the Earth.
- BIt is responsible for the motion of the Moon around the Earth.
- CIt is responsible for the motion of planets around the Sun and the occurrence of tides due to the Moon and the Sun.
- DAll of the above.
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