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

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    A satellite which is geostationary in a particular orbit is taken to another orbit. Its distance from the centre of earth in new orbit is 2 times that of the earlier orbit. The time period in the second orbit is [NCERT 1984; MP PET 1997]

    A) 4.8 hours

    B)               \[48\sqrt{2}\] hours

    C)             24 hours

    D)               \[24\sqrt{2}\] hours

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    \[T\propto {{r}^{3/2}}\]. If r becomes double then time period will becomes (2)3/2 times. So new time period will be \[24\times 2\sqrt{2}\ hr\]i.e. \[T=48\sqrt{2}\]


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