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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Gravitation
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A spaceship of mass \(2 \times 10^4\,kg\) is launched into a circular orbit close to the earth surface. The additional velocity to be imparted to the spaceship in the orbit to overcome the gravitational pull will be \(......\) (if \(g =10\,m / s ^2\) and radius of earth \(=6400\,km\) )

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(C) \(8(\sqrt{2}-1)\,km / s\)

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\(v _{\text {orbit }}=\sqrt{\frac{ GM }{ R }}=\sqrt{ gR }\)

\(v _{\text {escape }}=\sqrt{\frac{2 GM }{ R }}=\sqrt{2 gR }\)

\(\Delta v =(\sqrt{2}-1) \sqrt{ gR }=8(\sqrt{2}-1)\,km / s\)

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