Physics A-Level
Application outside the body
What Application outside the body means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Application outside the body
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Reference: OCR
The expression applies outside the body, and a uniform sphere behaves as a point mass at its centre for external points.
Topics that use Application outside the body
- Newton’s law of gravitation (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Gravitational field strength
- Inverse-square law
- Newton’s law of gravitation
- Uniform gravitational field near the Earth's surface
- Vector nature of gravitational fields
- Attractive force between masses
- Gravitational constant G
- Limits of the uniform-field approximation
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