Home/Basic Physics/Gravitation/Gravitational potential10. GravitationGravitational potentialIn 10. GravitationFormulaCopy LaTeXΦ=−GMr\Phi=-\frac{GM}{r}Φ=−rGMandCopy LaTeXU=mΦU=m\PhiU=mΦTagsenergyphysicsphysics formulagravitationDetailThe gravitational potential is minus GM/r; the potential energy is mΦ.Found an error? Contact us.Related formulasRelatedUniversal gravitational potential energyU(r)=−GMmrU(r)=-G\frac{Mm}{r}U(r)=−GrMmOpen formulaOpen in section