
The masses and radii of the earth and the moon are , and , respectively. Their centres are at a distance apart. What should be the minimum speed with which a body of mass should be projected from a point midway between their centres, so as to escape to infinity?

Important Questions on Gravitation


Consider two solid spheres of radii , and masses and respectively. The gravitational field due to sphere and are shown. The value of is:












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





From a solid sphere of mass and radius a spherical portion of radius is removed as shown in the figure. Taking gravitational potential at the potential at the centre of the cavity thus formed is (gravitational constant)

