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Weak Field Approximation (1/2)


  1. Start from the gravitational force law:


  2. Recall weak gravitational field results:


  3. Check units of to the derivative of the normalized potential:



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sweetser@alum.mit.eduSlide 30 had a notion there was no motion.
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