Gravitational Potential Energy and Gravitational Potential

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Gravitational Potential Energy and Gravitational Potential: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Gravitational Potential Energy, Gravitational Potential, Gauss Law in Gravitation, Gravitational Flux, Relation between Gravitational Field and Potential and, Gravitational Field and Potential of Ring

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The escape velocity for a planet is Ve. A tunnel is dug along a diameter of the planet and a small body is dropped into it at the surface. When the body reaches the centre of the planet, its speed will be

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Two bodies of mass m and 9m are placed at a distance R. The gravitational potential on the line joining the bodies where the gravitational field equals zero, will be (G=gravitational constant):

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Four spheres each of mass m form a square of side d (as shown in figure). A fifth sphere of mass M is situated at the centre of square. The total gravitational potential energy of the system is :

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A sphere of radius 10 cm and mass 105 kg has a uniform mass distribution. A mass of 103 kg  is moved from a point A to B as shown in fig. The amount of work done isG=6.6×10-11N m2 kg2 

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A body of mass m is placed on the earth's surface. It is taken from the earth's surface to a height h=3R when R is the radius of the earth. The change in gravitational potential energy of the body is

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Which of the following most closely depicts the correct variation of the gravitation potential, V(r) with distance r due to a large planet of radius R and uniform mass density? (figures are not drawn to scale)

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What is intensity of gravitational field at the centre of a spherical shell -

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A thin uniform angular disc (see figure) of mass M has outer radius 4R and inner radius 3R. The work required to take a unit mass from the point P on its axis to infinity is

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Which of the following is true about the gravitational potential V due to a point mass at a distance r from the point mass?

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Three masses m, 2 m and 3 m are arranged in two triangular configurations as shown in figure 1 and figure 2 . Work done by an external agent in changing the configuration from figure 1 to figure 2 is

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Escape velocity from the surface of a planet is ve. A tunnel is dug across the diameter of the planet and a ball is dropped into it. When the body reaches the centre of the planet, its speed is

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Work done by the gravitational force to bring mass m from nR height from earth's surface to earth's surface slowly is (R is radius of earth)

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A body of mass m is lifted up from the surface of earth to a height three times the radius of the earth. The change in potential energy of the body is

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Two uniform solid spheres of equal radii R, but mass M and 4M have a centre to centre separation 6R, as shown in the figure. A projectile of mass m is projected from the surface of the sphere of mass M directly towards the centre of the second sphere. The minimum speed of the projectile so that it reaches the surface of the second sphere is

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A graph of kinetic energy K of an asteroid versus 1r (where r is the distance from the centre of the planet A) is shown in the figure. Asteroid falls directly towards the centre of the planet A. What is the value of mass of the asteroid? (M is the mass of planet A, G is universal gravitational constant in SI units)

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Two planets have the same mass, M. Each planet has a constant density, but the density of planet 2 is twice as high as that of planet 1. Identical objects of mass m are placed on the surfaces of the planets. What is the relationship of the gravitational potential energy, U1 on planet 1 to U2 on planet 2?

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The gravitational potential energy is maximum at

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A spherical portion of radius R2 is removed from a solid sphere of mass M and radius R as shown in the figure. Taking gravitational potential V=0 at r=, the potential at the centre of the cavity thus formed is (G=gravitational constant),
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What is the gravitational potential on the surface of a uniform spherical shell of radius R and mass 3m if a particle of mass m is placed at the centre of the sphere?

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Two spheres each of mass M and radius R are separated by a distance of r .If a line is joined in between the centres of the spheres, The gravitational potential at the midpoint of that line is