Physics A-Level
Gravitational fields
What Gravitational fields means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Gravitational fields
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Reference: OCR
A region produced by an object with mass in which another mass experiences an attractive gravitational force.
Topics that use Gravitational fields
- Point and spherical masses (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Critical damping
- Direction of gravitational force
- Escape velocity
- Field
- Field strength and line spacing
- Geostationary orbit
- Gravitational field outside and inside a sphere
- Gravitational field strength
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