JEE Main & Advanced Physics Gravitation / गुरुत्वाकर्षण Question Bank Motion of Satellite

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    Given radius of Earth ?R? and length of a day ?T? the height of a geostationary satellite is [G?Gravitational Constant, M?Mass of Earth]                                [MP PMT 2002]

    A)              \[{{\left( \frac{4{{\pi }^{2}}GM}{{{T}^{2}}} \right)}^{1/3}}\]

    B)               \[{{\left( \frac{4\pi GM}{{{R}^{2}}} \right)}^{1/3}}-R\]

    C)             \[{{\left( \frac{GM{{T}^{2}}}{4{{\pi }^{2}}} \right)}^{1/3}}-R\]

    D)             \[{{\left( \frac{GM{{T}^{2}}}{4{{\pi }^{2}}} \right)}^{1/3}}+R\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    \[T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{{{r}^{3}}}{GM}}\,\Rightarrow \,{{T}^{2}}=\frac{4{{\pi }^{2}}}{GM}{{(R+h)}^{3}}\]             \[\Rightarrow \,\,R+h={{\left[ \frac{GM{{T}^{2}}}{4{{\pi }^{2}}} \right]}^{1/3}}\Rightarrow \,h={{\left[ \frac{GM{{T}^{2}}}{4{{\pi }^{2}}} \right]}^{\frac{1}{3}}}-R\]


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