Question

why is gravitional potential energy always negative

Answer 1

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✔️Negative sign in energy shows that the two objects are attracted towards each other or attractive force is acting on them .
since gravity always attracts objects. hence gravitational potential energy is negative .

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Answer 2

We place the zero point ofgravitational potential energy at a distance r of infinity. This makes all values of the gravitational potential energy negative. It turns out that it makes sense to do this because as the distance r becomes large, thegravitational force tends rapidly towards zero.