Is Kinetic Energy Limitless?

does kinetic energy have any upper limit its lower limit would be zero but what about upper limit??

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  • sksaxena
    sksaxena
    Definitely it's upper limit is also finite practically. Atleast on earth, force of friction is always an answer to your question, which retards the motion.
  • Gautami Shetty
    Gautami Shetty
    okay i get that practically v have a upper limit but what about dis case..
    If velocity of anythng is equal to velocity of light (hypothetically) which is the maximum velocity of anythng as far as i know.... Bt if that thng's mass be inc.. Den v dnt knw hw much would the k.e be...???
    And if any such thing is made is it possible to stay in earth's surface or would it escape earths gravitational field?????
  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath
    Each celestial object has an escape velocity that is defined by the gravitational field of that object. The escape velocity for earth is a small 11.2 km/sec, way below the speed of light.
    Speed Needed to Escape the Earth (Escape Velocity) - The Physics Factbook

    You better read some basic physics text on the theory of relativity for your other doubts. Too long to explain here.
  • Gautami Shetty
    Gautami Shetty
    i know about escape velocity dats y i said nt practically bt what bout theorotically
  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath
    You can calculate the escape velocity for any gravitational system using Newton's Laws. Only black holes prevent any escape. It is unlikely thaat anything within a black hole has a defined mass and shape that can acquire a KE enough to escape.
  • Gautami Shetty
    Gautami Shetty
    hmmm....... that's true thanks a lot my old doubt has been cleared

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