hi i need answer of this question

[wasizaamm43]

why earlier scientists could not guess about the gravitational force?

[swansont]

Some did, but their guesses were wrong.

A lot of thinking prior to independent scientific investigation was influenced by philosophy and religion, and the answers were sufficiently satisfactory until observation contradicted them. e.g. before telescopes allowed for discovery of so many new bodies, and elliptical orbits were confirmed, the crystal sphere of the heavens sufficed as an explanation.