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Marginal circular orbit under an inverse-cube force

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At B=−L2/(2m) the centrifugal and force potentials cancel. With zero radial speed, any radius is a circular solution, but there is no radial restoring force; radial-velocity perturbations are not confined.

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  • Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / Paper 1 / Section C / C10 / Solution

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