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Two satellites and are revolving around the earth in coplanar concentric orbits in the opposite sense. At , the positions of satellites are shown in the diagram. The periods of and are and , respectively. The radius of orbit of is For this situation, mark the correct statement


(a)The angular velocity of as observed by at is .
(b)The two satellites are closest to each other for the first time at and then after every they are closest to each other.
(c)The orbital velocity of is .
(d)The velocity of relative to is continuously changing in magnitude and direction both.

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