Gravitational Fields

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What is gravitational field strength?
g=F/m.
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How does gravitational field strength change with distance from mass?
Decreases.
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How is a uniform gravitational field represented?
By parallel and equidistant field lines.
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What is Newton's Law of Gravitation?
F is directly proportional to Mm and F is inversely proportional to r^2.
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What is the equation for Newton's Law of Gravitation?
F=-GMm/r^2.
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What is the gravitational field strength in a radial field?
g=-GM/r^2
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What is Kepler's first law?
The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the two foci.
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What is Kepler's second law?
A line segment joining a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
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What is Kepler's third law?
T^2 is directly proportional to r^3.
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What is speed for a satellite?
v= (GM/r)^1/2
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What makes a geostationary satellite?
Orbits above the Earth's equator, rotates in the same direction of the Earth, has an orbital period of 24 hours.
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