To explain why these stars exerted no net gravitational pull on the Solar System, Isaac Newton suggested that the stars were equally distributed in every direction, an idea prompted by the theologian Richard Bentley.
For at forklare hvorfor disse stjerner ikke udøvede nogen nettotiltrækning på solsystemet foreslog Isaac Newton at stjernerne var jævnt fordelt i enhver retning, en ide der oprindeligt stammede fra teologen Richard Bentley.