Gravity follows the inverse-square law. Every conservative vector field does, actually, and gravity behaves like one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-squ

Gravity follows the inverse-square law. Every conservative vector field does, actually, and gravity behaves like one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law#Gravitation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law#Gravitation