As you have learnt in the text, a geostationary satellite orbits the earth. What is the potential due to the earth's gravity at the site of this satellite? (Take the potential energy at infinite to be zero.) Mass of earth$=6.0\times {10}^{24} \mathrm{kg}$, radius$=6400 \mathrm{km}$.

Consider two solid spheres of radii $R_1=1 \mathrm{m}$,$R_2=2 \mathrm{m}$ and masses $M_1$ and $M_2,$ respectively. The gravitational field due to sphere $\left(1\right)$ and $\left(2\right)$ are shown. The value of $\frac{M_1}{M_2}$ is:

A spherically symmetric gravitational system of particles has mass density $\rho =\left\{\begin{array}{l}{\rho }_0\text{ for }r\le R\\ 0\text{ for }r>R\end{array}\right.$ where, ${\rho }_0$ is a constant. A test mass can undergo circular motion under the influence of the gravitational field of particles. Its speed $v$ as a function of distance $r(0<r<\infty )$ from the centre of the system is represented by

From a solid sphere of mass $M$ and radius $R\text{,}$ a spherical portion of radius $\left(\frac{R}{2}\right)$ is removed as shown in the figure. Taking gravitational potential $V=0$ at $r=\infty ,$ the potential at the centre of the cavity thus formed is ($G=$gravitational constant)