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OCR: TIKE MANY SCIENTIFIC thinkers of his time, Newton wondered how the planets kept it orbit around the sun Eventually he explained the motion 0 the planets in three basic laws. These were published in 1687 in the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy often known by part of its Latin title, Principia Mathematica), which 1 still regarded as one of the most important works of science ever written FIRST LAW Unless a force acts on it,a stationary object will remain still, and moving object will continue to travel in straight line For example, book remains in the same place unless you pick itup, and ball on pool table will not move unless force applied to or example, with cue object that already in motion such as a bullet that has been fired from gun, would continue to H forward in straight ...