Chicken Little and Sir Isaac Newton did the same thing. Chicken Little would have figured it out if she had investigated. In this version, she does, and in the process, saves herself and her friends from Foxy Woxy.
When the acorn hits Chicken Little on the head, she doesn't assume the sky is falling. She investigates. She experiments. She teaches her friends, and she teaches the King. She allows the King the honor of naming her discovery.
Because of her discovery, Chicken Little, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey are able to escape from Foxy Woxy's den Each of the friends demonstrates what they have learned to great advantage.
Gravity by any name performs the same.