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Grade 12General Physics

Q.1.A satelite of mass m revolving in circular orbit of radius r round the earth of mass M has a total energy E.The angular momentum of the satelite will be .................

Q.2.Two satelite P1 and P2 are revolving in orbits of radii R and 4R. The ratio of maximum to minimum angular velocities of the line joining P1 and P2 is ..............

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Profile image of pravesh gupta
16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of chinthalapudi prashanth
15 Years ago

using kepler's third law:

T2= 8T1

but T2= 2pi (4r)/ V2

similarly T1

we get, V1=2V2

but w= V/R

hence, i get W1 : W2 = 8 : 1

reply me if it is correct.