brood910 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 22, 2011 Messages 1,507 Reaction score 318 Jun 17, 2013 #1 Members don't see this ad. According to TBR, smaller gravitational potential energy = greater velocity. Why is that?
Members don't see this ad. According to TBR, smaller gravitational potential energy = greater velocity. Why is that?
N navho77 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jun 1, 2013 Messages 41 Reaction score 0 Jun 17, 2013 #2 This is probably referring to energy conservation. In a conservative force system, PE+KE=constant. For the same mass, the more KE, the higher the velocity. If PE+KE=constant, lower PE means greater KE, meaning higher velocity. Upvote 0 Downvote
This is probably referring to energy conservation. In a conservative force system, PE+KE=constant. For the same mass, the more KE, the higher the velocity. If PE+KE=constant, lower PE means greater KE, meaning higher velocity.
