gravitational fields Flashcards

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what is the newton’s law of gravitation

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Every object in the universe attracts every other object which is directly proportional to the product of their mass and square of the distance between them

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Gravitational field

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A region of space where a mass is placed experience gravitational force . Isolated master gravitational field lines are always radical inward

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gravitational field strength or intensity

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the force per unit mass acting on a small mass placed at a point is called the gravitational field strength of that point ( called ‘g’)

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gravitational potential

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the gravitational potential at a point of in the gravitational field is the amount og work done in moving unit mass from the infinity to that point

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