Question

Energy required to move a body of mass $$m$$ from an orbit of radius $$2R$$  to $$3R$$  is-

A. $$\frac{{GMm}}{{12{R^2}}}$$
B. $$\frac{{GMm}}{{3{R^2}}}$$
C. $$\frac{{GMm}}{{8R}}$$
D. $$\frac{{GMm}}{{6R}}$$  
Answer :   $$\frac{{GMm}}{{6R}}$$
Solution :
Energy required $$=$$ (Potential energy of the Earth $$-$$ mass system when mass is at distance $$3R$$  ) $$-$$ (Potential energy of the Earth $$-$$ mass system when mass is at distance $$2R$$  )
$$\eqalign{ & = \frac{{ - GMm}}{{3R}} - \left( {\frac{{ - GMm}}{{2R}}} \right) \cr & = \frac{{ - GMm}}{{3R}} + \frac{{GMm}}{{2R}} \cr & = \frac{{ - 2GMm + 3GMm}}{{6R}} \cr & = \frac{{GMm}}{{6R}} \cr & \cr} $$

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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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