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The Mystery of Potential Energy Wells

Authors: Brian Strom

Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity proposes the distortion of the fabric of space by an object, creating a Potential Energy well. But how and why does this happen? In this paper we question some aspects of PE wells. For a spaceship orbiting a PE well, how can the energy, speed and direction of the spaceship change when there appears to be no force acting on it? Would Newton have viewed the Earth’s PE well differently if he had observed a water-filled balloon falling from a tree instead of an apple? Would he have written “energy” equations instead of “force” equations? Perhaps the understanding of the mysterious nature of Potential Energy wells could be one of the "keys to the universe".

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