Question

A planet revolves about the sun in elliptical orbit. The areal velocity $$\left( {\frac{{dA}}{{dt}}} \right)$$  of the planet is $$4.0 \times {10^{16}}\,{m^2}/s.$$    The least distance between planet and the sun is $$2 \times {10^{12}}m.$$   Then the maximum speed of the planet in $$km/s$$  is

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40  
Answer :   40
Solution :
$$\eqalign{ & \frac{L}{{2m}} = \frac{{dA}}{{dt}}\,\left( {L = {\text{angular momentum}}} \right) \cr & \frac{{m{v_{\max }}{r_{\min }}}}{{2m}} = \frac{{dA}}{{dt}};{v_{\max }} = \frac{{\frac{{2dA}}{{dt}}}}{{{r_{\min }}}} = 40 \cr} $$

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Releted Question 1

If the radius of the earth were to shrink by one percent, its mass remaining the same, the acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface would-

A. Decrease
B. Remain unchanged
C. Increase
D. Be zero
Releted Question 2

If $$g$$ is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface, the gain in the potential energy of an object of mass $$m$$ raised from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius $$R$$ of the earth, is-

A. $$\frac{1}{2}\,mgR$$
B. $$2\,mgR$$
C. $$mgR$$
D. $$\frac{1}{4}mgR$$
Releted Question 3

If the distance between the earth and the sun were half its present value, the number of days in a year would have been-

A. $$64.5$$
B. $$129$$
C. $$182.5$$
D. $$730$$
Releted Question 4

A geo-stationary satellite orbits around the earth in a circular orbit of radius $$36,000 \,km.$$   Then, the time period of a spy satellite orbiting a few hundred km above the earth's surface $$\left( {{R_{earth}} = 6400\,km} \right)$$    will approximately be-

A. $$\frac{1}{2}\,hr$$
B. $$1 \,hr$$
C. $$2 \,hr$$
D. $$4 \,hr$$

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