Scientific Ontology

V

Mechanics

Gravitational Potential

Potential energy per unit mass in a gravitational field.

joule per kilogram (J/kg)

Dimension: $[\,L^2 T^{-2}\,]$

How values of gravitational potential span the physical world (in J/kg, log scale).

Earth's surface

-6.25 × 10⁷ J/kg

Infinity

0 J/kg

Lower limit-1.00 × 10⁷ J/kgUpper limit0 J/kg

Gravitational Potential

V = -\dfrac{GM}{r}