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Does mass or height have a greater impact on gravitational potential energy ?

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The formula for gravitational potential energy is ...

Grav PE = (mass) · (gravity) · (height)

We can see from this simple formula that mass and height have EQUAL influence on the Gravitational PE. If EITHER of them is multiplied by some factor, the Gravitational PE gets multiplied by the same factor.

So the answer to the question is: No .

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