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The 22 pages that link to Gravitational potential energy, each with the reason it gives.

• HydroelectricityRelated: Stored water high above a turbine has energy that can become motion as it falls.

• IsostasyRelated: Isostatic balance concerns the gravitational effects of masses at different elevations.

• Gravitational potentialRelated: Gravitational potential is this energy divided by mass.

• Virial theoremRelated: For Newtonian gravity, its inverse-distance form gives the theorem’s familiar energy ratio.

• Work (physics)Related: Lifting an object against gravity requires work that increases this energy.

• Escape velocityRelated: The launch speed must supply enough energy to overcome the body's gravitational potential.

• Gravitational collapseRelated: As matter contracts, its gravitational potential energy decreases and can heat or accelerate the material.

• Hydraulic headRelated: Elevation head represents this energy per unit weight.

• Pumped-storage hydroelectricityRelated: The height of the stored water determines the energy available for later generation.

• Specific orbital energyRelated: Its inverse-distance term supplies the potential part of specific orbital energy.

• Simple pendulumRelated: The pendulum gains this energy as it rises away from its lowest point.

• Orbital energyRelated: Its negative contribution offsets orbital kinetic energy in bound orbits.

• Gravity of EarthRelated: Lifting an object against Earth’s attraction stores gravitational potential energy.

• Brachistochrone curveRelated: A rapid initial drop converts potential energy into speed early in the descent.