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The moon completes one revolution around the earth in 27 days in an orbit of radius 3.8×105km. The earth completes one revolution around the sun in 365 days in an orbit of radius 1.5×108km. Compare the masses of the sun and the earth.

Important Questions on Gravitation : Planets and Satellites

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Taking moon's period of revolution around the earth as 30 days  (and neglecting the effect of sun and other planets on its motions)' Calculate its distance r from the earth. (G=6.67×10-11Nm2kg-2, mass of earth Me=6×1021kg.)

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The density of a planet is 8×103kgm-3. A satellite is revolving around near the surface of this planet. Determine the period of revolution of this satellite.(G=6.67×10-11Nm2kg-2)
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With what velocity must a body be thrown from earth's surface so that it may reach a height 4Re above the earth's surface?(Radius of the earth Re=6400km,and g=9.8ms-2)

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A body is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity 10kms-1 from earth's surface. Up to which height will go? Radius of earth is 6400km and g=10ms-2.
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How much energy would be needed for a 100kg body to escape from the earth? (g=10ms-2 and radius of the earth Re=6.4×106m)
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If the radius of the earth be 6.38×106m and the acceleration due to gravity at earth be 9.8ms-2, then calculate the escape velocity of a body from the earth's surface.
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Mass of the moon is 7.34×1022kg and mean radius 1.74×106m. If G=6.67×10-11Nm2kg-2, then calculate the escape velocity on the moon's surface.
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The radius of planet is four times that of the moon. The acceleration due to gravity (gm) on the moon is g5, where g is acceleration due to gravity on the planet. What will be escape velocity from the planet surface, if its value from moon surface is 2.5kms-1?5=2.236?