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The figure shows an elliptical path ABCD of a planet around the sun S such that the area of triangle CSA is 14 the area of the ellipse. (see figure) with DB as the major axis, and CA as the minor axis. If t1 is the time taken for the planet to go over path ABC and t2 for path taken over CDA then:

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Important Questions on Gravitation

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The distance of a geostationary satellite from the centre of the earth (Radius, R=6400 km) is nearest to
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If the period of a satellite in a circular orbit of radius R is T, then the period of another satellite in a circular orbit of the radius 4R is
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Assertion: Gravitational potential of the earth at every place on its is negative. (taking potential at infinity to be zero)

Reason: Everybody on earth is bound by the attraction of earth.

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The altitude at which acceleration due to gravity decreases by 0.1% approximately is (radius of the earth=6400 km),
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Weight of a body of mass m decreases by 1% when it is raised to a height h above the earth's surface. If the body is taken to same distance h below in a mine, then its weight will
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Which of the following figures correctly represent the dependency of acceleration due to gravity g at a distance r from the centre of the earth (assumed to be a sphere of radius R of uniform density)?
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The distance between the centers of Earth and Moon is D and the mass of the earth is 81 times that of the moon. At what distance from the center of the earth the gravitational field will be zero?
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On a planet (whose size is same as that of earth and mass is 4 times that of earth), the energy needed to lift a 2 kg mass vertically upwards through 2 m distance is (g=10 m s-2 on the surface of earth),