Newtonian gravitational potential
= Newtonian gravitational potential
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The Newtonian gravitational potential is the potential energy per unit test mass. Outside a spherical mass $M$ it is $\Phi(r)=-GM/r$ after choosing zero at infinity, and the gravitational acceleration is $-\nabla\Phi$.
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