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Kepler's three laws of planetary motion describe how planetary bodies orbit the .

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Important Questions on Gravitation

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A satellite of mass M is revolving in circular orbit of radius r around the earth. Time of revolution of the satellite is
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An artificial satellite of mass m is moving along an elliptical path around the earth. The areal velocity of the satellite is proportional to
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Many exoplanets have been discovered by the transit method, where in one monitors, a dip in the intensity of the parent star as the exoplanet moves in front of it. The exoplanet has a radius R and the parent star has radius 100 R. If I0is the intensity observed on earth due to the parent star, then as the exoplanet transits
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The angular momentum of a planet of mass M moving around the sun in an elliptical orbit is L. The magnitude of the areal velocity of the planet is :
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A planet revolves in an elliptical orbit around the sun. The semi-major and semi-minor axes are a and b. Then, the square of time period T is directly proportional to-

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A planet revolving in elliptical orbit has :

A. a constant velocity of revolution.

B. has the least velocity when it is nearest to the sun.

C. its areal velocity is directly proportional to its velocity.

D. areal velocity is inversely proportional to its velocity.

E. to follow a trajectory such that the areal velocity is constant.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Assume that the earth moves around the sun in a circular orbit of radius and there exists a planet that also moves around the sun in a circular orbit with an angular speed twice as large as that of the earth. The radius of the orbit of the planet is,

Assume radius of orbit of planet earth to be R.

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A satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius R around earth, while a second satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius 1.02 R. The percentage difference in the time periods of the two satellites is:
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A planet is revolving around the sun in which of the following is correct statement?

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If a satellite has to orbit the earth in a circular path every 6hrs, at what distance from the surface of the earth should the satellite be placed (radius of earth =6400 km )
(Assume GM4π2=8×1012Nm2 kg-1,, where G and M are gravitational constant and mass of earth and 101/3=2.1 )
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The time period of a satellite in a circular orbit of the radius R is T. The period of another satellite in a circular orbit of the radius 9R is:
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A star mass M (equal to the solar mass) with a planet (much smaller than the star) revolves around the star in a circular orbit. The velocity of the star with respect to the centre of mass of star-planet system is shown below:

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The radius of the planet's orbit is closest to (1 AU=Distance Earth and Sun)

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Suppose to planets A and B revolved around a Sun in the galaxy, The semi major axis of A and B are 1 and 5 AU (astronomical unit) respectively. If the period of revolution of A is 1 yr, the period of revolution of B is
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According to Kepler's law, the time period of a satellite varies with its radius as
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Consider a binary star system of star A and star B with masses mA and mB revolving in a circular orbit of radii rA and rB, respectively. If TA and TB are the time period of star A and star B, respectively, then:
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Which of the following statement is false?
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Two planets are at distances R1 and R2 from the Sun. Their periods are T1 and T2. T1/T22 is equal to
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A planet is revolving round the sun of mass M in an elliptical orbit with semi-major axis a. The speed of the planet when it is at a distance r from the sun is, (G - Universal gravitational constant)
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A satellite is in an elliptical orbit around a planet P. It is observed that the velocity of the satellite when it is farthest from the planet is 6 times less than that when it is closest to the planet. The ratio of distances between the satellite and the planet at closest and farthest points is :
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Two satellites S1 and S2 are revolving around a planet in the opposite sense in coplanar circular concentric orbits. At time t=0, the satellites are farthest apart. The periods of revolution of S1 and S2 are 3 h and 24 h respectively. The radius of the orbit of S1 is 3×104 km. Then the orbital speed of S2 as observed from