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Gravitational potential energy usually arises due to the force of attraction experienced by a body. When a small body is placed between to massive bodies (not of equal masses) it is attracted by both. So when we consider the small body’s gravitational potential energy should we take the sum of the potential energies due to the two massive bodies or their difference? I get this question because the forces of attraction on the small body are in the opposite directions