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Which one of the following statements regarding artificial satellite of the earth is incorrect      [NDA 1995; MP PMT 2000]

A) The orbital velocity depends on the mass of the satellite

B)             A minimum velocity of 8 km/sec is required by a satellite to orbit quite close to the earth

C)             The period of revolution is large if the radius of its orbit is large

D)             The height of a geostationary satellite is about 36000 km from earth