Derivation of Kepler's Laws

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Derivation of Kepler's Laws: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Acceleration Due to Gravity in Terms of Mass and Radius of Planet and Acceleration Due to Gravity in Terms of Density and Radius of Planet.

Important Questions on Derivation of Kepler's Laws

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The sun is losing its mass due to ___________.

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As the Sun converts hydrogen to helium through nuclear fusion, it emits energy. This decreases the mass of the Sun and changes the orbits of all the planets.How much lighter will the Sun be when it completes the hydrogen burning phase? By how much will this change the orbit of the Earth? Give your answers in numbers and in per cent..( the sun emits 103W/m2)
 

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If the mass of the earth is 6×1024Kg and the distance between the sun and the earth is 1.5×1011m. If the gravitational force between the earth and the sun is 3.5×1022N, what is the mass of the sun? (G=6.7×10-11Nm2kg-2

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The time period Tof a planet around the sun is related to its distance r from the sun by the relation,

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A Saturn year is 29.5 times that of the earth. Find the distance of Saturn from the sun if the earth is 1.5×108km away?

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Derive Kepler's second law using gravitation.

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What is the mass of the sun?

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Determine the mass of the sun applying the laws of gravitation.

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Derive Kepler's third law from the law of gravitation

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The mass and density of the moon, if acceleration due to gravity on its surface is 1.62 m s-2 and its radius is 1.74×106 m, respectively. (Take, G=6.67×10-11 N-m2 kg-2)

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Two planets have the same average density but their radii are R1 and R2. If acceleration due to gravity on these planets be g1 and  g2 respectively, then :-

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Assuming the earth to be a homogeneous sphere, determine the density of the earth from following data:

g=9.8 m/s2, G= 6.673 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2, R=6400 km.

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The mass and the diameter of a planet are three times of the respective values for the earth. If the time period of oscillation of a simple pendulum on earth is 2 s, then the time period of oscillation of the same pendulum on the surface of the given planet would be

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Change in acceleration due to gravity is same upto a height h from each other the earth surface and below depth x , then relation between x and h is (h and x << Re )

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Consider a planet in some solar system which has a mass double the mass of the earth and density equal to the average density of the earth. An object weighing W on the earth will weight

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The moon's radius is one fourth that of the earth and its mass is 180 times that of earth, if g represents the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth, then that on the surface of the moon is:

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Suppose the earth was covered by an ocean of uniform depth hhR.  let σ be density of ocean and ρ be mean density of earth. Let g be the approximate difference of value of net acceleration due to gravity between the bottom of the ocean and top Δg= g top - g bottom . Choose the correct option.

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The acceleration due to gravity 'g' and mean density of the earth ρ are related by which of the following relations?

(Where, G is the gravitational constant and R is radius of earth.)

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The value of g on the surface of earth is 9.8 m s-2 & the radius of earth is 6400 km. The average density of earth in kg m-3 will be:

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The diameters of two planets are in the ratio of 4:1 & mean density have ratio 1:2 , then the ratio of g on the planets will be: