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when the objects get closer the potential energy “releases” energy to the kinetic energy. When you pull them apart the potential energy “stores” the energy. It’
by boublepop 5y ago
when the objects get closer the potential energy “releases” energy to the kinetic energy. When you pull them apart the potential energy “stores” the energy. It’s not really “math” answering that question, but it’s very basic Newtonian mechanics and you can set up the math for that and it’s often quite straight forward simple differential equations.
I’d recommend khans academy if you want to learn more, as it’s really not that deep into the material at all. And if you dedicate a weekend to learning the subject matter you’ll not only get rid of the mystification you feel about the subject but have a really good understanding of it.
- drran 5y agoYeah, I should create a course for the Khans Academy, to summarize 2 decades of research, but my English is too weak for that. So, kinetic energy is stored as potential energy, and then released as kinetic energy again? Yes, it's true, but the question is: what stores this energy and in which form? For example, when we use two electric magnets, when EM are attracted, energy for that is provided by grid, and when they are pulled apart, energy is returned back to grid. In case of gravitation, the "grid" is unknown yet, but we can try to find it by tracking the energy.