
At surface of earth potential energy of a particle is and potential is . Change in potential energy and potential at height are suppose and . Then.

Important Questions on Gravitation





If one wants to remove all the mass of the earth to infinity in order to break it up completely. The amount of energy that needs to be supplied will be , where is ________.
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)
( is the mass of earth, is the radius of earth, is the gravitational constant)

A spherically symmetric gravitational system of particles has mass density where, is a constant. A test mass can undergo circular motion under the influence of the gravitational field of particles. Its speed as a function of distance from the centre of the system is represented by

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A body of mass splits into four masses which are rearranged to form a square as shown in the figure. The ratio of for which, the gravitational potential energy of the system becomes maximum is The value of is ________.



Four spheres each of mass form a square of side (as shown in figure). A fifth sphere of mass is situated at the centre of square. The total gravitational potential energy of the system is





