Potential energy of a heavenly body

What is the maximum value of potential energy that can be possessed by a heavenly body? Give the general expression for potential energy of an object  near the surface of earth.

Asked Diptimayee


Answer:

Gravitational potential energy is energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field.


However, for objects near the earth the acceleration of gravity g can be considered to be approximately constant and the expression for potential energy relative to the Earth's surface becomes



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