
A hollow spherical shell is compressed to half its radius. The gravitational potential at the centre


Important Questions on Gravitation
Spaceman Fred's spaceship (which has negligible mass) is in an elliptical orbit about Planet Bob. The minimum distance between the spaceship and the planet is ; the maximum distance between the spaceship and the planet is . At the point of maximum distance, Spaceman Fred is traveling at speed He then fires his thrusters so that he enters a circular orbit of radius . What is his new speed?

Assuming potential energy '' at ground level to be zero.
All objects are made up of same material:-
Potential energy of solid sphere
Potential energy of solid cube
Potential energy of solid cone
Potential energy of solid cylinder



Two concentric shells of masses and are having radii and . Which of the following given below is the right expression for the gravitational field at a distance r is



