The distance between a body of mass 8000 kg and a body B of mass 6000 kg is 0.25 m.What is the gravitational potential at point PP in the figure?
1 Answer
Aug 1, 2018
This is what I get
Explanation:
We know that The gravitational potential is the gravitational potential energy per unit mass.
Gravitation potential at point
V_T=-(GM_1)/R_1-(GM_2)/R_2VT=−GM1R1−GM2R2
Rearranging and inserting given values
V_T=-G[(M_1)/R_1-(M_2)/R_2]VT=−G[M1R1−M2R2]
=>V_T=-6.67xx10^-11[(8000)/0.2+6000/0.15]⇒VT=−6.67×10−11[80000.2+60000.15]
=>-5.34xx10^-6\ J