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Gravitational Potential

Gravitational Potential problem 3

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Define gravitational potential.
Explain why the values of gravitational potential near to an isolated mass are all negative.

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Gravitational potential is the work done per unit mass to bring an object to a specific point in a gravitational field from a reference point.
The potential at infinity is defined as being zero. The forces are always attractive, so work is done in moving out to the point.

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