In classical mechanics, the gravitational potential is a scalar potential associating with each point in space the work (energy transferred) per unit...

elastic potential energy; work of the gravitational force is called gravitational potential energy; work of the Coulomb force is called electric potential energy;...

Gravitational energy or gravitational potential energy is the potential energy an object with mass has due to the gravitational potential of its position...

In physics, a gravitational field or gravitational acceleration field is a vector field used to explain the influences that a body extends into the space...

in which photons gain energy when travelling into a gravitational well, is known as a gravitational blueshift (a type of blueshift). The effect was first...

the gravitational potential (the closer the clock is to the source of gravitation), the slower time passes, speeding up as the gravitational potential increases...

universal gravitation thus takes the form: F = G m 1 m 2 r 2 , {\displaystyle F=G{\frac {m_{1}m_{2}}{r^{2}}},} where F is the gravitational force acting...

The gravity potential is the gravitational potential energy per unit mass. In electrostatics the electric potential is the scalar potential associated...

gravitational force experienced by a particle is equal to the mass of the particle multiplied by the gravitational field at that point. Gravitational...

time-symmetric theory Paradox of a charge in a gravitational field Whitehead's theory of gravitation Liénard, A. (1898). "Champ électrique et magnétique...

formation involves a gradual gravitational collapse of interstellar medium into clumps of molecular clouds and potential protostars. The compression caused...

The gravitational constant is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal...

orbit around another body converts its kinetic energy (speed) into gravitational potential energy (distance from the other object) as it moves away from its...

the direction of a force acting on it, its potential energy decreases. For example, the gravitational potential energy of a cannonball at the top of a hill...

of Newton's law of universal gravitation Gravitational potential – Fundamental study of potential theory Gravitational biology – Study of the effects...

(kinetic energy in the case of a gravitational potential well) because it is captured in the local minimum of a potential well. Therefore, a body may not...

Prescott Joule, namesake of the unit of measure, discovered that the gravitational potential energy lost by a descending weight attached via a string was equal...

gravitationally bound state. A gravitationally bound system has a lower (i.e., more negative) gravitational potential energy than the sum of the energies...

{\text{def}}{=}}-{\frac {GmM}{r}}} is the gravitational potential energy. In other words, the gravitation field F G m {\displaystyle {\frac {\mathbf...

of the gravitational source. It is a vector oriented toward the field source, of magnitude measured in acceleration units. The gravitational acceleration...

of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational fields, and the gravitational redshift. The precession of Mercury was already known;...

The effective potential (also known as effective potential energy) combines multiple, perhaps opposing, effects into a single potential. In its basic...

comes in multiple forms including radiation, chemical, gravitational potential, electrical potential, electricity, elevated temperature, latent heat and...

_{R_{s}}={\frac {7}{8}}\rho _{0}^{2}} Solving Poisson's equation gives the gravitational potential Φ ( r ) = − 4 π G ρ 0 R s 3 r ln ⁡ ( 1 + r R s ) {\displaystyle...

quantity, the point of a body where the gravitational force acts. They are equal if and only if the external gravitational field is uniform. In the weak-field...

moving from a higher gravitational potential (higher internal energy thus higher potential for work) to a lower gravitational potential (lower internal energy)...

Gravitational waves are oscillations of the gravitational field that travel through space at the speed of light; they are generated by the relative motion...

properties may be derived. Leading examples are the gravitational potential and the electric potential, from which the motion of gravitating or electrically...

velocity between them (special relativity), or a difference in gravitational potential between their locations (general relativity). When unspecified...

gravity battery is a type of energy storage device that stores gravitational energy—the potential energy E given to an object with a mass m when it is raised...