
Two large spherical objects of mass each (uniformly distributed) are fixed as shown in the figure. A small point mass is projected from point heading towards centre of the second sphere. The minimum velocity of point mass so that it can reach up to the second object at point is . Then calculate . [Neglect other gravitational forces]


Important Questions on Gravitation
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












If one wants to remove all the mass of the earth to infinity in order to break it up completely. The amount of energy that needs to be supplied will be , where is ________.
(Round off to the Nearest Integer)
( is the mass of earth, is the radius of earth, is the gravitational constant)




A body of mass splits into four masses which are rearranged to form a square as shown in the figure. The ratio of for which, the gravitational potential energy of the system becomes maximum is The value of is ________.



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)

