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Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has due to its position above Earth, energy due to its height. We know this energy exists because it takes effort to lift an object up to a height and also because when we release an object, it falls, gaining kinetic energy.
Potential Energy De nition The energy of an object or a system due to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system The amount of gravitational potential energy possessed by an elevated object is equal to the work done against gravity in lifting it Thus, for an object at height h, the gravitational potential energy E