Lesson: The Gravitational Field Inside Planets Physics

Students will be able to

• recall that the acceleration due to gravity, , inside a planet of constant density is proportional to the distance away from the center of the planet, ,
• recall that the acceleration due to gravity at the center of a planet is zero,
• use to find the acceleration due to gravity at a point within a planet of constant density,
• interpret graphs of acceleration due to gravity against radial distance from a planet’s center,
• interpret 3D graphs of acceleration due to gravity against position.