Gravitational potential energy

Gravitational potential energy

(1) The gravitational potential energy at a point P is the amount of work done by (or from) a conservative field in carrying a unit mass to P from infinity. (2) The difference ΔW in gravitational potential energy between points P and Q is the amount of work done, by a conservative field, in carrying a unit mass from P to Q.

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