• In classical mechanics, the gravitational potential is a scalar field associating with each point in space the work (energy transferred) per unit mass...
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    potentiality. Common types of potential energy include the gravitational potential energy of an object, the elastic potential energy of an extended spring...
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    Gravitational energy or gravitational potential energy is the potential energy a massive object has in relation to another massive object due to gravity...
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  • Gravitational waves are waves of the intensity of gravity that are generated by the accelerated masses of binary stars and other motions of gravitating...
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    point attraction. It results from the spatial gradient of the gravitational potential field. In general relativity, rather than two particles attracting...
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    The gravitational constant (also known as the universal gravitational constant, the Newtonian constant of gravitation, or the Cavendish gravitational constant)...
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  • Newton's law of universal gravitation says that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the...
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  • the gravitational potential (the closer the clock is to the source of gravitation), the slower time passes, speeding up as the gravitational potential increases...
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    radiation) are operating at different gravitational potentials, the oscillator at the higher gravitational potential (farther from the attracting body) will...
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  • velocity between them (special relativity), or a difference in gravitational potential between their locations (general relativity). When unspecified...
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