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Define the gravitational potential at a point as the work done per unit mass to bring a small test mass from infinity to that point.
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For the field of a point mass, use ϕ = −GM / r for the gravitational potential.
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Understand how the idea of gravitational potential leads to the gravitational potential energy of two point masses, and use E_P = −GMm / r.
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