
The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of a planet is one-fourth of the value on Earth. When a brass ball is brought to this planet, its

Important Questions on Gravitation

In the reported figure of earth, the value of acceleration due to gravity is same at point and but it is smaller than that of its value at point (surface of the earth). The value of will be . The value of is






Two satellites and are moving in different circular orbits around the Earth(radius ). The heights of and from the Earth surface are and , respectively, where . The accelerations of and due to Earth’s gravity are and , respectively. If , what is the value of ?





A planet has double the mass of the earth. Its average density is equal to that of the earth. An object weighing on earth will weigh on that planet:

A body weighs wt on the surface of the earth. Its weight on the surface of a planet whose mass is th of that of the earth and radius is half that of the earth, is







