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When a rubber band is stretched, or a battery is charged, or two massive objects are separated, the potential energy of all these systems increases in each situation. Now say that any of these systems were suspended in space. If we were to measure the gravitational field of the uncharged battery, and then charge the battery (for the sake of simplicity, let's say we can charge the battery without changing its center of mass) would the charged battery have a stronger gravitational field because the total energy of the system has been increased??
If this were true, wouldn't it be hypothetically possible to create an arbitrarily massive system, simply by arranging the components of that system in a way that is very complicated and contains a lot of potential energy?
If this were true, wouldn't it be hypothetically possible to create an arbitrarily massive system, simply by arranging the components of that system in a way that is very complicated and contains a lot of potential energy?