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Gravitational fields is topic 13 of the Cambridge 9702 syllabus (2025–2027), covering the gravitational field, Newton's law of gravitation, the field of a point mass and gravitational potential. It is A Level content, examined in Paper 4 (A Level Structured Questions), which carries 38.5% of the A Level. The key difficulties are distinguishing field strength from potential, understanding why gravitational potential is always negative and defined relative to infinity, and deriving orbital relationships by equating gravitational force to centripetal force. Geostationary orbits are a recurring theme and require precise conditions: a 24-hour period, west-to-east motion and a position directly above the Equator. Definitions in this topic must be learned word for word, as they regularly carry marks in their own right.

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• 9702/41/O/N/24 Q1 — Gravitational fields and circular motion · 12 marks
• 9702/42/O/N/24 Q2 — Gravitational field and energy · 12 marks
• 9702/43/O/N/24 Q1 — Gravitational fields and circular orbits · 12 marks
• 9702/43/M/J/24 Q1 — gravitational potential · 10 marks
• 9702/41/O/N/23 Q1 — Gravitational fields · 10 marks
• 9702/42/O/N/23 Q2 — gravitational potential and ideal gases · 12 marks
• 9702/43/O/N/23 Q1 — Gravitational fields · 10 marks
• 9702/41/M/J/23 Q1 — gravitational and electric fields · 11 marks
• 9702/42/M/J/23 Q1 — Gravitational fields and orbits · 11 marks
• 9702/43/M/J/23 Q1 — gravitational and electric fields · 11 marks
• 9702/42/F/M/23 Q1 — gravitational potential · 12 marks
• 9702/41/O/N/22 Q1 — gravitational fields and orbits · 9 marks
• 9702/42/O/N/22 Q1 — gravitational field and centripetal acceleration · 10 marks
• 9702/43/O/N/22 Q1 — gravitational fields and orbits · 9 marks
• 9702/41/M/J/22 Q1 — Newton's law of gravitation · 10 marks
• 9702/42/M/J/22 Q1 — Gravitational potential and energy · 10 marks
• 9702/43/M/J/22 Q1 — Newton's law of gravitation · 10 marks
• 9702/42/F/M/22 Q1 — gravitational fields and circular motion · 10 marks
• 9702/42/F/M/22 Q9 — Gravitational fields · 27 marks
• 9702/41/O/N/21 Q2 — gravitational potential · 9 marks
• 9702/42/O/N/21 Q2 — gravitational potential and field strength · 10 marks
• 9702/43/O/N/21 Q2 — gravitational potential · 9 marks
• 9702/41/M/J/21 Q1 — gravitational field and potential energy · 10 marks
• 9702/42/M/J/21 Q1 — gravitational field strength · 6 marks
• 9702/43/M/J/21 Q1 — gravitational field and potential energy · 10 marks
• 9702/42/F/M/21 Q1 — Gravitational fields and energy · 12 marks
• 9702/42/F/M/21 Q6 — electric fields and capacitance · 7 marks
• 9702/41/O/N/20 Q1 — gravitational field strength · 9 marks
• 9702/41/O/N/20 Q10 — Gravitational fields · 26 marks
• 9702/42/O/N/20 Q1 — gravitational potential and satellite motion · 9 marks

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