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Conventionally, the magnitude of gravitational potential energy for an object at infinity from the earth is _____ ((M = Mass of the earth; m = Mass of the object at infinity; R = Radius of the earth).(a) -(G*M)/R^2(b) -(G*M)/R(c) -(G*M*m)/R(d) ZeroThe question was posed to me in a national level competition.This key question is from Gravitational Potential Energy in section Gravitation of Physics – Class 11

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The CORRECT answer is (d) Zero

For explanation: Gravitational POTENTIAL ENERGY (U) = -(G*M*m)/r

At infinity, r -> infinity

Therefore, U -> 0.



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