I understand that.
I am looking for the source of the potential energy.
Once the asteroid received the potential energy it will spend it as kinetic. That’s obvious.
Remember that the potential energy source is the gravitational field. As it is “giving” the energy to the asteroid it is not...
Hi,
I would like some help with the following question that has been bothering me.
If energy is not created or destroyed then how does the following work:
Consider an asteroid traveling close enough to the Earth to have its trajectory changed due to the gravitational interaction with...