Kepler's Laws

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Kepler's Laws: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, Kepler's Law of Orbits, Kepler's Law of Areas, Kepler's Law of Periods, Weightlessness in Satellites and, Explanation of Kepler's Laws

Important Questions on Kepler's Laws

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Satellites A and B are orbiting around the earth in orbits of ratio R and 4R, respectively. The ratio of their areal velocities is

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If a new planet is discovered rotating around the sun with the orbital radius double that of earth, then what will be its time period approximated to the nearest integer (in earth's days)?

(Take 2=1.414)

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What does areal velocity of a planet indicates?

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If earth suddenly shrinks by one third of its present radius, the acceleration due to gravity will be.

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The time period of an earth-satellite in circular orbit is independent of 

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Derive an expression of the binding energy of a satellite at rest on the surface of the earth.

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The binding energy of satellites at rest on the surface of the earth is numerically equal to its _____ energy.

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The total energy of a satellite is negative. What does it indicate?

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The binding energy of a satellite at rest on the surface of the earth is given as:

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If a graph is plotted between T2 and r3 for a planet, then its slope will be (where, MS is the mass of the sun):

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Assertion: The law of areas can be understood as a consequence of conservation of angular momentum.

Reason: The gravitational force is a conservative force.

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Assertion:  Areal speed of planets moving around the sun remains constant.

Reason:  Gravitational force between planet and sun provides required centripetal force to the planet for revolution around the sun.

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The figure shows elliptical path abcd of a planet around the sun S such that the area of triangle CSA is 14 the area of the ellipse. (see figure) with DB as the major axis, and CA as the minor axis. If t1 is the time taken for the planet to go over path ABC and t2 for path taken over CDA then:

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Two satellites of masses M and 9M are orbiting a planet in a circular orbit of radius r. Their frequency of revolution will be in the ratio of

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A planet moving around the sun sweeps area A1 in 5 days, A2 in 10 days and A3 in 12 days, then find the relation between A1A2 and A3.

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According to Kepler's second law of planetary motion, the areal velocity of a planet revolving around the sun

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State Kepler's second law of planetary motion.

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What do you understand by the areal velocity of a planet?

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Assume that the earth moves around the sun in a circular orbit of radius R and there exists a planet which also move around the sun in a circular orbit with an angular speed twice as large as that of the earth. The radius of the orbit of the planet is

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