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    • 5.7: Gravitational Potential Energy
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Prince_Georges_Community_College/PHY_1030%3A_General_Physics_I/05%3A_Uniform_Circular_Motion_and_Gravitation/5.7%3A_Gravitational_Potential_Energy
      Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with gravitational force, such as elevating objects against the Earth’s gravity.
    • 7.17: Gravitational Potential Energy
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019v2/Book%3A_Custom_Physics_textbook_for_JJC/07%3A_Applications_of_Newton/7.17%3A_Gravitational_Potential_Energy
      Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with gravitational force, such as elevating objects against the Earth’s gravity.
    • 5.7: Gravitational Potential Energy
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Physics_(Boundless)/5%3A_Uniform_Circular_Motion_and_Gravitation/5.7%3A_Gravitational_Potential_Energy
      Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with gravitational force, such as elevating objects against the Earth’s gravity.
    • 5.3: Newton's Law of Gravitation
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/Celestial_Mechanics_(Tatum)/05%3A_Gravitational_Field_and_Potential/5.03%3A_Newton's_Law_of_Gravitation
      Newton noted that the ratio of the centripetal acceleration of the Moon in its orbit around the Earth to the acceleration of an apple falling to the surface of the Earth was inversely as the squares o...Newton noted that the ratio of the centripetal acceleration of the Moon in its orbit around the Earth to the acceleration of an apple falling to the surface of the Earth was inversely as the squares of the distances of Moon and apple from the centre of the Earth. Together with other lines of evidence, this led Newton to propose his universal law of gravitation:
    • 6.17: Gravitational Potential Energy
      https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019/Book%3A_Physics_(Boundless)/6%3A_Applications_of_Newton/6.17%3A_Gravitational_Potential_Energy
      Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with gravitational force, such as elevating objects against the Earth’s gravity.

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