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Astronomy 404
Lecture 9, Sept. 16 Fall 2019 Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Stellar Gravitation

  • Gauss' law
  • a gravitating sphere
  • gravitational potential and potential energy

Stellar Stability I: Hydrostatic Equlibrium

  • pressure and net pressure force
  • balance: hydrostatic equilibrium
Earth's atmosphere as seen by the ISS

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