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GRAVITATION-Ch.14
Newton's Theory
Equation Form of Newton's Law of Gravitation
Gravitational Field/Gravitational Acceleration
Gravitational Potential Energy
Circular Orbits
Kepler's Laws:
1st Law: Planets Orbit in Elliptic Paths
2nd Law: Radius vector sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
3rd Law: The
square
of the period is proportional to the
cube
of the semi-major axis.
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Problems with Newton's Law of Gravitation:
Main Features of General Relativity
Black Holes
Suggested Problems
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2001-01-05
