Question 66: Gravitation

Question

A satellite revolving around a planet in stationary orbit has time period 6 hours. The mass of planet is one-fourth the mass of earth. The radius orbit of planet is :
(Given $=$ Radius of geo-stationary orbit for earth is $4.2 	imes 10^4 \mathrm{~km}$)

Accepted Answer

$\begin{aligned}
& \frac{T_1}{T_2}=\left(\frac{r_1}{r_2}ight)^{3 / 2} \sqrt{\frac{m_2}{m_1}} \
& \Rightarrow \quad \frac{24}{6}=\left(\frac{4.2 	imes 10^4}{r_2}ight)^{3 / 2} \sqrt{\frac{m / 4}{m}} \
& \Rightarrow r_2=1.05 	imes 10^4 \mathrm{~km}
\end{aligned}$

Answer

$1.68 	imes 10^5 \mathrm{~km}$

Answer

$1.4 	imes 10^4 \mathrm{~km}$

Answer

$8.4 	imes 10^4 \mathrm{~km}$

Answer

$1.05 	imes 10^4 \mathrm{~km}$

Gravitation

A satellite revolving around a planet in stationary orbit has time period 6 hours. The mass of planet is one-fourth the mass of earth. The radius orbit of planet is : (Given = Radius of geo-stationary orbit for earth is 4.2 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~km})

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