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What is the path of the particle which is moving in the x-y plane, such that the sum of it's distances from two fixed points A(2,0) and B(-2,0) is always constant ?

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Important Questions on Gravitation

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A geostationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height 6R above the surface of the earth, where R is the radius of the earth. The time period of another satellite at a height 2.5R from the surface of the earth is
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A small satellite is in elliptical orbit around the earth as shown in figure. L denotes the magnitude of its angular momentum and Kdenotes its kinetic energy. If 1 and 2 denote two positions of the satellite, then

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A planet revolving in elliptical orbit has :

A. a constant velocity of revolution.

B. has the least velocity when it is nearest to the sun.

C. its areal velocity is directly proportional to its velocity.

D. areal velocity is inversely proportional to its velocity.

E. to follow a trajectory such that the areal velocity is constant.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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A satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius R around earth, while a second satellite is launched into a circular orbit of radius 1.02 R. The percentage difference in the time periods of the two satellites is:
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A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 36000 km. Then, the time period of a sky satellite orbiting a few 100 km above the earth's surface R=64000 km will approximately be
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Consider a binary star system of star A and star B with masses mA and mB revolving in a circular orbit of radii rA and rB, respectively. If TA and TB are the time period of star A and star B, respectively, then:
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According to Kepler's law, the time period of a satellite varies with its radius as
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The time period of an earth-satellite in circular orbit is independent of 
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A planet is revolving around the sun in which of the following is correct statement?

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If a satellite has to orbit the earth in a circular path every 6hrs, at what distance from the surface of the earth should the satellite be placed (radius of earth =6400 km )
(Assume GM4π2=8×1012Nm2 kg-1,, where G and M are gravitational constant and mass of earth and 101/3=2.1 )
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Two planets are at distances R1 and R2 from the Sun. Their periods are T1 and T2. T1/T22 is equal to
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India's Mangalyan was sent to the Mars by launching it into a transfer orbit EOM around the sun. It leaves the earth at E and meets Mars at M. If the semi-major axis of Earth's orbit is a e = 1.5 × 1 0 1 1 m  , that of Mar's orbit a m = 2.28 × 1 0 1 1 m , taking Kepler's laws, give the estimate of time for Mangalyan to reach Mars from Earth.
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Which of the following statement is false?
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The time period of a satellite in a circular orbit of the radius R is T. The period of another satellite in a circular orbit of the radius 9R is:
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Two stars of equal masses M are orbiting in a circle of radius R. Their orbital time period is proportional to
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The distance between Sun and Earth is R. The duration of year if the distance between Sun and Earth becomes 3R will be :
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A comet orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit. Which of the following is constant throughout its orbit?
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A satellite of mass M is revolving in circular orbit of radius r around the earth. Time of revolution of the satellite is
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A planet revolves in an elliptical orbit around the sun. The semi-major and semi-minor axes are a and b. Then, the square of time period T is directly proportional to-

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A star mass M (equal to the solar mass) with a planet (much smaller than the star) revolves around the star in a circular orbit. The velocity of the star with respect to the centre of mass of star-planet system is shown below:

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The radius of the planet's orbit is closest to (1 AU=Distance Earth and Sun)