Consider an essentially spherical homogeneous celestial body of mass M. The acceleration due to gravity in its

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Consider an essentially spherical homogeneous celestial body of mass M. The acceleration due to gravity in its vicinity beyond its surface at a distance R from its center is gR. Show that 8R GM R


Notice that the acceleration drops off as 1/R2.

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