D.1 Gravitational Fields
D.1 Gravitational Fields
Summary:
Understandings: Read these carefully and make sure you understand what each one says. These will be the basis of exam questions.
Guidance: Often gives helpful advance about what is and isn't included on exams.
Annotated Data Booklet
Exposition
Kepler's Laws:
Planets move on ellipses
Universal Gravitation and Gravitational Field Strength
Gravitational Potential and Potential Energy
Field Diagrams and Equipotential Lines
Orbits
Energy Diagrams and Escape Speed
Example Problems
Problem 1
Problem 2
Problem 3
Problem 4
Problem 5
Problem 6
Problem 7