Mechanical explanations of gravitation

<p>Mechanical explanations of gravitation (or kinetic theories of gravitation) are attempts to explain the action of <a href="/facts/Gravity/bqAN7DdQ">gravity</a> by aid of basic <a href="/facts/Classical_mechanics/ykG8upsN">mechanical</a> processes, such as <a href="/facts/Pressure/eyc37GRG">pressure</a> forces caused by <a href="/facts/Impulse_(physics)/maePm9Ua">pushes</a>, without the use of any <a href="/facts/Action_at_a_distance_(physics)/RcnpWomY">action at a distance</a>. These theories were developed from the 16th until the 19th century in connection with the <a href="/facts/Aether_theories/Gqquyhyv">aether</a>. However, such models are no longer regarded as viable theories within the mainstream scientific community because <a href="/facts/General_relativity/jVsoIg8X">general relativity</a> is now the standard model to describe gravitation without the use of actions at a distance. Modern "<a href="/facts/Quantum_gravity/t7whBMNE">quantum gravity</a>" hypotheses also attempt to describe gravity by more fundamental processes such as particle fields, but they are not based on classical mechanics.
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Mechanical explanations of gravitation