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Who conducted the first published mathematical study of the possibility of an artificial satellite?

Isaac Newton conducted the first mathematical analysis of artificial satellites with his thought experiment, Newton’s cannonball, which was published in his work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687. This experiment demonstrated how, if given enough speed, an item can orbit Earth instead of falling back down. This concept established the groundwork for understanding the motion of natural and manmade satellites.

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