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What is the gravitational potential energy of a contracting interstellar cloud?
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Gradually transforms into other types of energy.
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Is gravitational energy renewable?
It is renewable because you can always raise an object or raise yourself and gain gravitational potential energy. You cannot run out of gravitational potential energy and even now you have some of the the energy because gravity is always pulling you. It is just a matter of how much gravitational potential energy you have. Go on the top Mt. Everest and you will have more gravitational potential energy than most of the people in the world.
As a star begins to form the initial energy source is form?
gravitational potential energy
What two factors influence the gravitational potential energy of an object?
First of all, a clarification on the wording of the question: Gravitational potential energy is the energy associated with the gravitational interaction between objects with mass. Obviously if you just have a single isolated mass, it would not be under the influence of any gravitational fields and therefore there would be no gravitational potential energy. Gravitational potential energy is property that describes a whole system of masses (it could be two masses or three or four or...). When we talk about the gravitational potential energy of an object on Earth, it is implicit that we mean the gravitational potential energy associated with the system of two masses (one being the object in question, and the other being Earth).For simplicity, let's assume that we have two masses labelled m1 and m2. The gravitational potential energy (which I'll label U) is given by the relation:U = (Gm1m2)/r2where r is the distance between the centre of each mass, and G is the universal gravitational constant. You can derive this equation very simply from Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation (which you may be familiar with) and the definition of potential energy. So, what does the potential energy of this system of masses depend upon? Everything that is a variable in the equation! Namely, the mass of each object and their separation. In our everyday example of an object that is some height habove the surface of the Earth, the mass of the Earth doesn't change, and neither does its radius (distance between centre and surface). Therefore, in that particular instance, the potential energy depends only upon two things 1. the height of the object above the surface, and 2. the mass of the object.
What is the source of energy as a star evolves from an interstellar cloud to the protostar stage?
Gravity
What type of energy is stored up?
ATP
As an interstellar gas cloud shrinks in size its gravitational potential energy?
As an interstellar gas cloud shrinks in size, it's gravitational potential energy gradually transforms into other forms of energy.
The energy of position such as a rock on a hill is what energy?
Gravitational energy Potential energy
Is gravitational energy kinetic?
Gravitational energy is the potential energyassociated with the gravitational field.
Why is potential energy called gravitational potential energy?
Potential energy and gravitational potential energy are different from each other ."Potential energy is the ability of a body to do work." Anddue_to_its_height.%22">"Gravitational potential energy is the ability of a body to do work due to its height."Gravitational potential energy is a type of potential energy.
What does potential energy plus gravitational energy equals?
Gravitational-potential energy.
Is gravitational energy the same as gravitational potential energy?
It is a type of potential energy, but there are other types of potential energy, too.
How does an object get gravitational potential energy?
An object gets gravitational potential energy by
Relationship between gravitational and potential energy?
Gravitational + Potential = 100 If you have 67 J of potential energy your gravitational energy would be 33 J.
What is gravitatonal energy?
That refers to gravitational potential energy - energy related to a gravitational field. If you lift an object up, its gravitational potential energy increases; if it falls back down, its gravitational potential energy decreases.
How is gravitational potential energy different from potential energy?
It is different because gravitational potential energy is when something is getting pulled by gravity and potential energy is stored energy which means that it is not moving and the energy is not getting released as gravitational energy is.
Energy at a height is called what?
Energy related to the height of an object is gravitational potential energy.Energy related to the height of an object is gravitational potential energy.Energy related to the height of an object is gravitational potential energy.Energy related to the height of an object is gravitational potential energy.
What effect does the planet have on gravitational potential energy?
The planet IS the source of gravitational (potential) energy.
