Timeline for Confused about definition of gravitational potential energy (GPE)
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| Jun 8, 2023 at 13:43 | comment | added | khaxan | I said "we do positive work against gravity". That is in conflict with ur proposition that "we do negative work". | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 12:30 | comment | added | Farcher | Why in your comment have you written that there is a conflict? | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 12:29 | history | edited | Farcher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 8, 2023 at 12:25 | comment | added | khaxan | So where is the problem here. If distance between bodies increases, then potential energy increases. This idea seems perfectly reasonable to me | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 12:16 | comment | added | Farcher | @khaxan Although I have streamlined my answer, and I still stand by the statement The external agent does negative work, ie the gravitational field does positive work and I never made the contradictory statement. If the second statement were true the masses would be separating and the gravitational potential energy would be increasing. | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 10:45 | comment | added | khaxan | The external agent does negative work, ie the gravitational field does positive work...seems to conflict with "we do positive work against gravity and gravity too does work but negative". I am familiar with second | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 10:27 | history | answered | Farcher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |