Physics A-Level
Mass as the source of gravity
What Mass as the source of gravity means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Mass as the source of gravity
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Reference: OCR
Every object with mass has a gravitational field, and the field belongs to the mass that produces it.
Topics that use Mass as the source of gravity
- 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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