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What is the average radius of earth?

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Important Questions on Gravitation

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What does kepler's law of period related?
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If the Earth has no tilt, what happens to the seasons of the Earth?
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Explain in detail the Eratosthenes method of finding the radius of Earth.
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The planet farthest from the sun is
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Geocentric model was proposed by __________.
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The following photographs are taken from the recent lunar eclipse which occurred on January 31, 2018. Is it possible to prove that Earth is a sphere from these photographs?
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Kepler's law of planetary motion were proposed only for-
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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Explain how geocentric theory is replaced by heliocentric theory using the idea of retrograde motion of planets.
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Who was the first to measure the earth's radius-
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From kepler's law of orbit; we can inter that the sun is located _______ of the planet's orbit.
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The velocity of a planet is constant throughout its elliptical trajectory in an orbit.
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How will you prove that Earth itself is spinning?
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After the sun, the star closest to the earth is
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Describe the measurement of Earth’s shadow (umbra) radius during total lunar eclipse
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A student was asked the question ‘why are there summer and winter for us? He replied as ‘since Earth is orbiting very far away from the Sun(aphelion) there will be winter, when the Earth is nearer to the Sun(perihelion) there will be winter’. Is this answer correct? If not, what is the correct explanation for the occurrence of summer and winter?
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The Moon Io orbits Jupiter once in 1.769 days. The orbital radius of the Moon Io is 421700 km. Calculate the mass of Jupiter?
 
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Why is there no lunar eclipse and solar eclipse every month?
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The star-like objects at the edge of the universe are: