Radial turning points for an inverse-square height well
ID: radial-turning-points-for-an-inverse-square-height-well
For the height profile , set and use the planar small-slope model. Its effective potential per unit mass is . Release with negligible radial speed at gives and the displayed radial-speed law. A bounded trajectory requires , equivalently . The two positive turning radii are and ; they coincide at the circular solution . Zero energy is marginal escape, not bounded motion.
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