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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Gravitation
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A very long (length \(L\) ) cylindrical galaxy is made of uniformly distributed mass and has radius \(R(R < < L).\) A star outside the galaxy is orbiting the galaxy in a plane perpendicular to the galaxy and passing through its centre. If the time period of star is \(T\) and its distance from the galaxy's axis is \(r,\) then

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(A) \(T\, \propto \,r\)

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\(F = \frac{{2GM}}{{Lr}}m\,\,or,\,\,\frac{{m{v^2}}}{r} = \frac{{2GM}}{{Lr}}m\)

\(mr{\left( {\frac{{2\pi }}{T}} \right)^2} = \frac{{2GMm}}{{Lr}}\left[ {v = r\omega \,and\,\omega  = \frac{{2\pi }}{T}} \right]\)

\( \Rightarrow \,\,T \propto r\)

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