Assertion: universe's center | /r/AtLocation | rest
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Source sentences:
text: For Newton it was not precisely the center of the Sun or any other body that could be considered at rest, but "the common centre of gravity of the Earth, the Sun and all the Planets is to be esteem'd the Centre of the World", and this center of gravity "either is at rest or moves uniformly forward in a right line".
text: Newton adopted the "at rest" alternative in view of common consent that the center, wherever it was, was at rest.
text: Assuming the absence of external forces, it follows (from Corollary IV to the laws) that the center of gravity of the solar system is either at rest or moves uniformly in a straight line.
text: The center of the system of the world is at rest.