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What is the main difference between gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy?​

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a position on an elastic medium other than the equilibrium position.
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An object possesses gravitational potential energy if it is positioned at a height above (or below) the zero height. An object possesses elastic potential energy if it is at a position on an elastic medium other than the equilibrium position.

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