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What happens to the gravitational potential energy of an object as it moves away
What happens to the gravitational potential energy of an object as it moves away from a planet?
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What happens to the gravitational potential energy of an object as it moves away from a planet?
It increases.
It decreases.
It remains constant.
It becomes zero.
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As an object moves away from a planet, its gravitational potential energy increases (becomes less negative).
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Q: What happens to the gravitational potential energy of an object as it moves away from a planet?
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As an object moves away from a planet, its gravitational potential energy increases (becomes less negative).
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Step 1: Understand gravitational potential energy (GPE). It is the energy an object has due to its position in a gravitational field.
Step 2: Recognize that when an object is close to a planet, it has lower gravitational potential energy (more negative value).
Step 3: As the object moves away from the planet, the gravitational pull on it decreases.
Step 4: Since the gravitational pull is weaker, the GPE of the object increases (the value becomes less negative).
Step 5: Therefore, as the object moves further away, it gains gravitational potential energy.
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