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How does gravitational potential relate to gravitational acceleration?
I've been wondering about what the gravitational potential V actually tells us, and how it relates to gravitational force and/or acceleration. The formula is $V = -\frac{GM}{r}$. I did some ...
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How does gradient give $g$?
How is
$$g=-\nabla V$$
where $V$ is gravitational potential and $g$ is acceleration due to gravity.
I am new to calculus.
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Acceleration due to gravity: what's the derivation? [closed]
Modelling the Earth as a symmetric, spherical body (and by using the law of gravitation), we come up with the equation
$$w = F_g = \frac{Gm_Em}{R_E^2}$$
How do we arrive to the equation to get the ...
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