What is zero level and how does it relate to gravitational potential energy?

The nature of potential energy is that the zero point is arbitrary; it can be set like the origin of a coordinate system. That is not to say that it is insignificant; once the zero of potential energy is set, then every value of potential energy is measured with respect to that zero. Another way of saying it is that it is the change in potential energy which has physical significance.

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