In NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Chapter 7 Gravitation, how does gravitational potential energy vary with distance?
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Gravitational Potential Energy (U) is the energy an object has due to its position in a gravitational field. It is defined as:
Where M represents the mass of the larger body, m is the mass of the smaller body, r is the distance between them, and G stands for the gravitational constant.
G is written w
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