what is gravitational potential
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11th Jan, 2020
Hii Prathviraj!
Whenever we talk of potential energy, it refers to the energy possessed by a body when it is at rest at a particular position. Thus, gravitational potential means the energy an object because of its position in a gravitational field. It is mostly used for an object near the earth's surface where the gravitational acceleration can be assumed to be constant at about 9.8 m/s.
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Whenever we talk of potential energy, it refers to the energy possessed by a body when it is at rest at a particular position. Thus, gravitational potential means the energy an object because of its position in a gravitational field. It is mostly used for an object near the earth's surface where the gravitational acceleration can be assumed to be constant at about 9.8 m/s.
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11th Jan, 2020
Hello Student,
Gravitational potential is the energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field. The most common use of gravitational potential energy is for an object near the surface of the Earth where the gravitational acceleration can be assumed to be constant at about 9.8 m/s
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. Since the zero of gravitational potential energy can be chosen at any point (like the choice of the zero of a coordinate system), the potential energy at a height h above that point is equal to the work which would be required to lift the object to that height with no net change in kinetic energy, it follows that the gravitational potential energy is equal to its weight times the height to which it is lifted.
P.E.=mgh
| P.E. |
|
potential energy due to gravity |
| g | = | acceleration due to gravity |
| m | = | mass |
| h | = |
distance above a surface
|
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