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When an object is at its highest point which energy value is highest potential or kinetic?
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∙ 11y ago
Kinetic energy is a manifestation of the product of mass times velocity. Mass has no upper limit, velocity has (so far as we know). The maximum velocity of anything with mass is c, the speed of light.
How you would accelerate a massive object to this speed is not known. The more massive an object the more difficult it is to accelerate it.
If you could then the most massive object travelling at this velocity would have the most kinetic energy.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoWhen the planet is closest to the star which it is orbiting.
This is because when it is closest its potential energy is lowest, as there is no net energy loss in a stable orbit this PE must be converted to KE when the planet moves closer to the star and back again as it moves further away. I think this is also explained by Kepler's laws
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∙ 9y agoThe kinetic energy is at a maximum when the speed is a maximum. Kepler's 2nd law says that the radius vector - the line from the Sun to the planet - sweeps out equal areas in equal times, which means that the speed is a maximum when the distance is at a minimum. That point is called perihelion.
Each planet reaches perihelion once in each revolution round the Sun.
The Earth is at perihelion in January when its distance is 1/60 less than the average distance (1/60 is the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit). That means that the Earth's speed is 1/60 higher than the average and the kinetic energy is 1/30 or 3.3% more than the average.
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∙ 8y agoWhat situation where you thinking about? Check the formula for kinetic energy; as you can see, it's proportional to the mass, and it is also proportional to the square of the speed. Therefore, for one and the same object, kinetic energy is highest when the object moves fastest.
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∙ 13y agoAt the point in its orbit closest to the central body, since
that's the point where its orbital speed is greatest.
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∙ 11y agoAn object at its highest point has the greatest potential energy. Only moving objects have kinetic energy at the moment they are in motion.
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∙ 13y agoWhere the velocity is the maximum, e.g. mcV and |V|=c, the speed of light.
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Object hanging on a tree a kinetic or potential energy?
Potential energy is the energy contained in the position of an object, so object hanging on a tree would be potential energy.
How is potential and kinetic energy used?
potential energy is the energy that an object has stored up. kinetic energy is an object in motion. :) hi ppl :)))))))
Compare potential and kinetic energy?
The difference between potential and kinetic energy all comes down to a very simple property of the object. If an object is moving, then it has kinetic energy, or kinetic energy is the energy of movement. Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object and can be released under the right conditions.
As a rocket rises its kinetic energy changes. At the time the rocket reaches its highest point most of the kinetic energy of the rocket has been and mdash?
When an object - rocket or otherwise - rises, its kinetic energy gets converted to gravitational potential energy. At its highest point, if it rises directly upwards, all the kinetic energy will be converted to gravitational potential energy. However, its movement may also have a sideways component; in that case, not all the kinetic energy is converted to potential energy.
What happens to an object's potential energy as it gains kinetic energy?
It's potential energy decreases.
Can you have not potential energy and all kinetic energy?
Yes, a falling object has only potential energy at its highest point at rest. The same object will also have all kinetic energy and no potential energy the instant just before striking the ground at its highest velocity at ground level.
Object hanging on a tree a kinetic or potential energy?
Potential energy is the energy contained in the position of an object, so object hanging on a tree would be potential energy.
As an object falls the gravitational potential energy of the object is converted to what?
Some of its potential energy changes to kinetic energy.
What is the combinatoin of all the kinetic and potential energy of an object?
The name for the combination of the kinetic and potential energy of an object is heat.
How is potential and kinetic energy used?
potential energy is the energy that an object has stored up. kinetic energy is an object in motion. :) hi ppl :)))))))
The total kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of an object is know as?
The total kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of an object is thermal energy.
What happens to the potential energy as the kinetic of an object increase?
An object's potential energy doesn't depend on its speed. You can do anything you like with the object's speed, and it has no effect on potential energy.
Compare potential and kinetic energy?
The difference between potential and kinetic energy all comes down to a very simple property of the object. If an object is moving, then it has kinetic energy, or kinetic energy is the energy of movement. Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object and can be released under the right conditions.
If an object's mechanical energy is equal to potential energy how much kinetic energy does the object have?
Mechanical energy is defined as the SUM of potential energy plus kinetic energy. If all of its mechanical energy is potential energy, it follows that it has no kinetic energy.
Is kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object?
Mechanical energy is kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion and position of an object.
The energy an object has because it is moving?
Kinetic energy is the energy that an object has because of its motion. The energy depends on the speed and mass of the object.
What is the energy in an object about to fall?
the energy in an object about to fall is potential energy then kinetic energy because when the object is not falling, it has potential energy but when it's actually falling, it has kinetic energy.
