12/10/2026
Ever wondered why gravitational potential is always negative? 🚀
Here’s the simple breakdown:
We define gravitational potential as zero at infinity—infinitely far away from Earth. Because you have to do work against gravity to pull an object away from Earth towards zero, the potential near Earth has to start below zero.
As distance increases, potential becomes less negative, approaching zero!
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