= 13.3 Gravitational Potential Energy and Total Energy
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Online text: https://openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-1/pages/13-3-gravitational-potential-energy-and-total-energy
Cited passages: §13.3, equations 13.4–13.6 and “Escape velocity”: infinity reference, small test mass and exterior launch; §13.3, “Energy and gravitationally bound objects”: scalar energy and finite-body collisions.
Cited passages: OpenStax: escape as the zero-energy threshold; OpenStax: work against gravitational attraction.
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