Evaluate the following statements.

Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation, Gravitational Field & Potential Energy

JEE AdvancedIrodov Level

Evaluate the following statements.

Assertion

Assertion (A): Gravitational potential may be non-zero at a point where gravitational field is zero.

Reason

Reason (R): Zero gravitational field means the spatial derivative of potential is zero at that point; it does not require the potential itself to be zero.

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