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A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 36000 km. Then, the time period of a spy satellite orbiting a few hundred kilometre's above the earth's surface Rearth=6400 km will approximately be

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A body of mass m is taken from the earth's surface to a height equal to the radius of the earth. The change (increase) in potential energy will be 
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In a satellite if the time period is T, then K, E, is proportional to

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An artificial satellite revolves around the earth in circular orbit with a speed v. If m is the mass of the satellite, its total energy is

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A satellite is in orbit around the earth, if its kinetic energy is doubled, then
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If a missile launched with a velocity less than escape velocity, the sum of its K.E. and P.E. is always

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The kinetic energy required to make a body to move to infinity from the earth's surface is

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If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface, the gain in potential energy of an object of mass m raised from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius R of the earth is:
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A binary star consists of two starsA  and B which have time periods TA and TB, radii RA and RB and masses MA and MB, then