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derive, from Newton’s law of gravitation and the definition of gravitational field, the equation g = GM/r² for the gravitational field strength due to a point mass

use φ = -GM/r for the gravitational potential in the field due to a point mass

understand that a gravitational field is an example of a field of force and define gravitational field as force per unit mass