Physics 9702 · 13 Gravitational fields
13.2 Gravitational force between point masses
Apply Newton's law of gravitation to analyze circular orbits and geostationary satellites.
- Questions
- 53
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 3
- Written answer
- 50
- Average marks
- 8.5
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- Paper 4variants 41, 42, 43, 4450
- Paper 1variants 11, 12, 133
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| 2026 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 2025 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
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| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | – | 3 | 5 | 8 |
