Ch. 13 Gravitation

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the relationship between force and gravitational potential energy.
2. Be able to use the conservation of energy equation for a problem involving spherical masses and interplanetary travel.
3. Understand and be able to derive the expression for escape velocity from a planet.
4. Understand the relationship between escape velocity and the formation of a black hole.

Reading: Ch. 13 Sections 1, 2, 4
HW: 30