How to Calculate Work Done By Gravitational Force

In our day-to-day life, we see innumerable instances where gravity works with force. We know that in this universe there is a constant motion and force in the form of pushes and pulls. Among the many motions, there are four significant elementary forces, depending on which all sorts of phenomena are created. They are gravitational force, strong force, weak force and electromagnetic force. 

Among all, the gravitational force, coined as Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, states that “Everybody in the universe pulls every other body with a force that is directly proportional to their mass-produced and inversely proportional to the square of distance squared between them.”

The Gravitational force formula is given by:

F=Gm1m2r2�=��1�2�2

Where,

G = universal gravitational constant,

m1 and m2 = mass of bodies

r = distance between the two masses

Gravity is basically a force that attracts objects towards the earth  – Forces have the ability to work and that inherently means that gravity does the work. 

When force is applied to an object, the force performs the work. For example, if you throw a ball, the force applied to the ball makes the ball go farther than you and travels a distance, therefore the work is done. The work will be related to the force applied and the distance is travelled or made depending on it, i.e if you throw the ball with less force, the distance covered by the ball will be smaller, relevant to the force you applied; similarly, if you throw the ball with much force, the distance covered will be lengthy. 

Gravitational force is the force that keeps anything with a mass attracted to the earth. If any physical body with mass moves under the gravitational force, it is performed under the work of the gravitational force called gravitational work. 

This is the formula.

work = mass* gravity* height

The equation is written

W = m*g*h

We have:

W = work done by gravity

m = mass

g = gravity

h = height


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