two satelites of same mass are revolving round the earth at different distances from the earth.will the moment of inertia of the two satelites remain the same?explain with reasons.
Kuldeep Mukherjee , 14 Years ago
Grade 12
1 Answers
Ritvik Gautam
Last Activity: 14 Years ago
If we take the center of earth to be the axis of rotation, then the moment of intertia of the two satellites will not be same.
As,
Moment of intertia = mr2
where,
m=mass
r=distace from the axis..
Since, their distance from the axis is different, their moment of intertia will also be different.