Gravitational potential
13.4What the syllabus asks of you
- define gravitational potential at a point as the work done per unit mass in bringing a small test mass from infinity to the point
- use ϕ = –GM / r for the gravitational potential in the field due to a point mass
- understand how the concept of gravitational potential leads to the gravitational potential energy of two point masses and use EP = –GMm / r
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Chapter 13: Gravitational potential
Drill this topic
All 23 questions on Gravitational potential, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
23 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.