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WHAT IS MEANT BY GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY? I WANT A CLEAR CUT ANSWER WITH FORMULA.

WHAT IS MEANT BY GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY? I WANT A CLEAR CUT ANSWER WITH FORMULA.

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krunal
52 Points
8 years ago
Its work done to move a point mas from infinity to given point n form a ponit mass its denoted by -Gm/r. negative sign indicates that work done is against the gravtional field of mass m.
 
VAISHNAVI
40 Points
8 years ago
it is defined as the potential energy that is associated with body’s height above the ground and it’s weight.It is expressed as
U=mgh
m=mass
g=gravitationl force
h=height 
bunnypriya
47 Points
8 years ago
it is the of work done in bringing a unit mass from infinity to a point in the gravitational field.it is called as gravitational potential.    FORMULA:U=-Gm1m2/r
 
 

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