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This shows that elongation of the body causes a lower potential in the direction of elongation, and a higher potential in perpendicular directions, compared to the potential due to a spherical mass, if we compare cases with the same distance to the center of mass. (If we compare cases with the same
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is the mass of the object. Potential energy is equal (in magnitude, but negative) to the work done by the gravitational field moving a body to its given position in space from infinity. If the body has a mass of 1 kilogram, then the potential energy to be assigned to that body is equal to the
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is given in the following table; i.e. an object at Earth's surface would need 60 MJ/kg to "leave" Earth's gravity field, another 900 MJ/kg to also leave the Sun's gravity field and more than 130 GJ/kg to leave the gravity field of the Milky Way. The potential is half the square of the
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The integral may be expressed in terms of known transcendental functions for all ellipsoidal shapes, including the symmetrical and degenerate ones. These include the sphere, where the three semi axes are equal; the oblate (see
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of the gravitational potential. Thus the negative of a negative gradient yields positive acceleration toward a massive object. Because the potential has no angular components, its gradient is
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A spherically symmetric mass distribution behaves to an observer completely outside the distribution as though all of the mass was concentrated at the center, and thus effectively as a
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In some situations, the equations can be simplified by assuming a field that is nearly independent of position. For instance, in a region close to the surface of the Earth, the
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is the superposition of the potentials of point masses. If the mass distribution is a finite collection of point masses, and if the point masses are located at the points
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gravitational potential. So the potential can be interpreted as the negative of the work done by the gravitational field moving a unit mass in from infinity.
3409:, Translated from the Russian by Audrey Littlewood. Edited by Alan Jeffrey. Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 3, New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 3668: 3568: 3363: 3333: 3303: 3261: 3230: 3199: 3135: 96:. It may also be used for solving the electrostatic and magnetostatic fields generated by uniformly charged or polarized ellipsoidal bodies. 3579: 615: 1185:{\displaystyle V(\mathbf {x} )=-\int _{\mathbb {R} ^{3}}{\frac {G}{\|\mathbf {x} -\mathbf {r} \|}}\,\rho (\mathbf {r} )dv(\mathbf {r} ).} 3788: 3530:
Cohl, H. S.; Tohline, J. E.; Rau, A. R. P. (2000). "Developments in determining the grativational potential using toroidal functions".
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is a unit vector pointing from the point mass toward the small body. The magnitude of the acceleration therefore follows an
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Wang, W. X. (1988). "The potential for a homogeneous spheroid in a spheroidal coordinate system. I. At an exterior point".
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for all mass elements of the system (i.e., outside a sphere, centered at the center of mass, that encloses the system):
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relative to the center of mass. The denominator in the integral is expressed as the square root of the square to give
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transferred) per unit mass that would be needed to move an object to that point from a fixed reference point. It is
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which differentiably connects to the potential function for the outside of the sphere (see the figure at the top).
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The absolute value of gravitational potential at a number of locations with regards to the gravitation from the
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Electrostatics and magnetostatics of polarized ellipsoidal bodies: the depolarization tensor method
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Milon, T. (1990). "A note on the potential of a homogenous ellipsoid in ellipsoidal coordinates".
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Sang, David; Jones, Graham; Chadha, Gurinder; Woodside, Richard; Stark, Will; Gill, Aidan (2014).
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emanates from the center of mass. So, bringing the integral under the sign of the summation gives
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that needs to be done by an external agent to bring a unit mass in from infinity to that point:
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Illustration of a mass distribution (grey) with center of mass as the origin of vectors
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can be recovered in the same way if the Laplace operator is taken in the sense of
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is continuous and is zero outside of a bounded set. In general, the mass measure
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from the center, giving the gravitational potential inside the sphere, which is
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Einstein's General Theory of Relativity: With Modern Applications in Cosmology
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and the point at which the potential is being computed at the head of vector
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Within a spherically symmetric mass distribution, it is possible to solve
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separately. The potential has units of energy per mass, e.g., J/kg in the
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system. By convention, it is always negative where it is defined, and as
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10.1002/1521-3994(200012)321:5/6<363::AID-ASNA363>3.0.CO;2-X
82: 30:"Gravity potential" redirects here. For Earth's gravity potential, see 1342:. On the surface of the earth, the acceleration is given by so-called 77:. The reference point, where the potential is zero, is by convention 58: 3704: 1198:
is a potential function coming from a continuous mass distribution
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Mathematical Methods For Physicists International Student Edition
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In mathematics, the gravitational potential is also known as the
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far away from any mass, resulting in a negative potential at any
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contained in the distributed mass (gray) and differential mass
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Green's function for the three-variable Laplace equation
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pointing from the point mass toward the small body and
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Gravitational acceleration § General relativity
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Within a uniform spherical body of radius 1141: 1125: 956: 940: 852:If the mass distribution is given as a mass 799: 776: 627: 619: 442:and is often known to higher precision than 3561:Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 3155:Classical Dynamics of particles and systems 1358:Poisson's equation in spherical coordinates 212:{\displaystyle \Delta U\approx mg\Delta h.} 34:. For the field of gravity potentials, see 3298:. Cambridge University Press. p. 69. 3295:A Student's Guide to Geophysical Equations 3184:Arfken, George B.; Weber, Hans J. (2005). 1070:, then the gravitational potential is the 3647: 3520: 2916: 2883: 2873: 2867: 2855: 2850: 2845: 2839: 2823: 2818: 2813: 2807: 2796: 2791: 2786: 2775: 2761: 2753: 2721: 2698: 2671: 2661: 2626: 2616: 2610: 2598: 2593: 2588: 2582: 2553: 2548: 2543: 2537: 2511: 2506: 2501: 2495: 2474: 2464: 2443: 2433: 2421: 2416: 2411: 2405: 2394: 2383: 2368: 2363: 2358: 2352: 2334: 2324: 2322: 2232: 2222: 2212: 2201: 2179: 2175: 2164: 2134: 2050: 2040: 2031: 2019: 2014: 2009: 2003: 1978: 1973: 1968: 1962: 1947: 1939: 1935: 1934: 1932: 1920: 1915: 1910: 1904: 1883: 1873: 1864: 1859: 1853: 1848: 1840: 1832: 1820: 1815: 1809: 1804: 1798: 1790: 1786: 1785: 1783: 1761: 1751: 1749: 1685: 1665: 1660: 1652: 1647: 1641: 1633: 1629: 1628: 1626: 1608: 1600: 1508: 1492: 1474: 1456: 1442: 1426: 1398: 1381: 1269: 1242: 1231: 1223: 1171: 1154: 1147: 1136: 1128: 1119: 1111: 1107: 1106: 1104: 1086: 1078: 972: 962: 951: 943: 934: 926: 922: 921: 919: 901: 893: 888:. In good cases this equals the integral 793: 788: 779: 768: 758: 749: 738: 723: 715: 647: 633: 622: 617: 587: 585: 584: 582: 545: 543: 542: 534: 520: 509: 501: 487: 476: 474: 394: 374: 357: 351: 346: 332: 324: 313: 307: 302: 288: 275: 264: 256: 183: 137: 129: 53:associating with each point in space the 3325:An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres 2974: 434:is the gravitational force. The product 3664: 3580:"Gravity and Earth's Density Structure" 3352:Grøn, Øyvind; Hervik, Sigbjorn (2007), 3118: 2286:are the Legendre polynomials of degree 458:tends to infinity, it approaches zero. 3151:Marion, J.B.; Thornton, S.T. (1995). 601:{\displaystyle {\hat {\mathbf {x} }}} 114:) at a location is the gravitational 27:Fundamental study of potential theory 7: 2731:{\textstyle \int r\cos(\theta )\,dm} 92:and is fundamental in the study of 2395: 2213: 1260: 347: 303: 200: 185: 122:) at that location per unit mass: 25: 3602:Charles D. Ghilani (2006-11-28). 3407:Equations of mathematical physics 153:{\displaystyle V={\frac {U}{m}},} 3751: 3739: 3727: 3715: 3703: 3691: 3679: 3667: 3604:"The Gravity Field of the Earth" 3522:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03524.x 3382:Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3322:Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin (2011). 3088:Standard gravitational parameter 2917: 2851: 2819: 2792: 2762: 2672: 2594: 2549: 2507: 2475: 2417: 2364: 2335: 2051: 2015: 1974: 1916: 1884: 1854: 1841: 1833: 1810: 1762: 1686: 1661: 1653: 1609: 1270: 1232: 1172: 1155: 1137: 1129: 1087: 973: 952: 944: 902: 789: 780: 724: 670:The potential associated with a 623: 588: 546: 510: 477: 440:standard gravitational parameter 325: 314: 265: 3292:Lowrie, William Lowrie (2011). 1522: 3036:(17,000 million km from Earth) 2921: 2913: 2856: 2846: 2824: 2814: 2797: 2787: 2766: 2758: 2718: 2712: 2676: 2668: 2599: 2589: 2554: 2544: 2512: 2502: 2479: 2471: 2461: 2449: 2422: 2412: 2369: 2359: 2339: 2331: 2244: 2238: 2129:for the Legendre polynomials: 2125:. The resulting series is the 2055: 2047: 2020: 2010: 1979: 1969: 1921: 1911: 1888: 1880: 1860: 1849: 1816: 1805: 1766: 1758: 1690: 1682: 1666: 1648: 1613: 1605: 1392: 1386: 1290:This holds pointwise whenever 1274: 1266: 1236: 1228: 1176: 1168: 1159: 1151: 1091: 1083: 977: 969: 906: 898: 728: 720: 592: 550: 269: 261: 106:Gravitational potential energy 1: 3563:(5th ed.), Brooks Cole, 2072:where, in the last integral, 110:The gravitational potential ( 18:Gravitational potential field 866:, then the potential is the 3649:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/152 3444:10.1088/0305-4470/21/22/026 3279:The Theory of the Potential 1581:Spherical multipole moments 1210:can be recovered using the 245:can be defined as the work 3805: 3789:Scalar physical quantities 3622:Fukushima, Toshio (2014). 3465:10.1088/0305-4470/23/4/027 3405:Vladimirov, V. S. (1971), 3386:(2nd ed.). New York: 3223:Cambridge University Press 3071:gravity at these locations 1578: 1552: 1368:, the gravitational force 172:gravitational acceleration 103: 29: 3378:Wylie, C. R. Jr. (1960). 3246:Muncaster, Roger (1993). 2980: 2977: 2947:, the opposite is true.) 1589:The potential at a point 1019:. If there is a function 3501:Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc 3495:Conway, John T. (2000). 3277:MacMillan, W.D. (1958). 3252:(illustrated ed.). 3221:(illustrated ed.). 3126:Solivérez, C.E. (2016). 3472:Rastall, Peter (1991). 1732:. Represent the points 844:) located at the point 47:gravitational potential 3584:EAS-437 Earth Dynamics 2934: 2732: 2687: 2399: 2251: 2217: 2066: 1725: 1700: 1539: 1364:, density ρ, and mass 1284: 1186: 987: 849: 812: 754: 662: 602: 573:is a vector of length 563: 428:gravitational constant 416: 213: 154: 3453:J. Phys. A: Math. Gen 3424:J. Phys. A: Math. 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Index

Gravitational potential field
Geopotential
Gravitational field
classical mechanics
scalar field
work
energy
analogous
electric potential
mass
charge
infinitely
finite
Newtonian potential
potential theory
Gravitational potential energy
potential energy
gravitational acceleration
potential
point mass
gravitational constant
standard gravitational parameter
MKS
gravitational field
gradient
inverse square law
mass distribution

measure
Euclidean space

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