What three factors does gravitational potential energy depend on?

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The energy that has a massive object in relation to another massive object due to gravity is known as gravitational potential energy.
It is given as,
$U = m g h$
Where $U$ is the gravitational energy, $m$ its mass, $g$ is the gravitational field, and $h$ is height.
3. Thus, we can say that Gravitational potential energy depends upon the following factors:
Mass of the object
Height of the object
Value (strength) of the gravitational field

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