joleneth
Mar24-05, 11:10 AM
Sorry if this is a silly question, but it's been bugging me.
If you have a mass, and do work against a gravitational field, it gains gravitational potential energy. Now, if that mass is a nuclear bomb and you detonate it, it loses mass (albeit a tiny amount) which is released as energy.
What happens to the gravitational potential energy tied to the mass that disappears?
Thanks.
If you have a mass, and do work against a gravitational field, it gains gravitational potential energy. Now, if that mass is a nuclear bomb and you detonate it, it loses mass (albeit a tiny amount) which is released as energy.
What happens to the gravitational potential energy tied to the mass that disappears?
Thanks.