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Question of Gravitational Potential Energy from my Trial (1 Viewer)

Thread starter narges-ts
Start date Aug 11, 2017

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narges-ts

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OK so the question was like Planet A has mass M and Planet B as mass 2M is the Ep of A x2 of B or 1/2 of B?

pikachu975

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#2

Ea = -GMm/r

Eb = -2GMm/r

Ea/Eb = 1/2

So Ep of A is half

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