Unit 5 : Gravitational Field

The unit Gravitational field has got 20 periods.
  1. Gravitational force field (08 periods)
    • Gravitational force field
    • Gravitational force between two masses
      • Newton's law of universal gravitation
    • Gravitational force
    • Gravitational field intensity
    • Field intensity at a point away from a point mass
    • Field intensity at a point outside a spherical mass
    • Graphical representation of the variation of field intensity
    • Gravitational potential
    • Expression for gravitational potential at a point distance r from a mass m, (derivation is not necessary) \[V = - \frac {Gm}{r} \]
    • Potential energy of a mass in a gravitational field
    • Graphical representation of the variation of potential with distance
  2. Earth's gravitational field (12 periods)
    • Gravitational field intensity near the earth surface
    • Relationship between the acceleration due to gravity and gravitational field intensity
    • Earth satellites
    • Geostationary satellites
    • Escape velocity
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