COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
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Author: Bennett
Publisher: PEARSON
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What happens to the gravitational potential energy of a contracting interstellar cloud. Does it (a) stay the same at all times (b) gradually transforms into different forms of energy (c) gradually grows larger.

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