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Any object that is higher than ground level in earth's gravitational field has potential energy stored in it.

Examples:

1. A plane or bird in the sky

2. A parachutist

3. Water stored in a dam, or water tanks at some height above earth's surface

4. A satellite orbiting Earth

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