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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Gravitation
  • JEE Mains 2024
  • Hard
  • MCQ

Escape velocity of a body from earth is \(11.2 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{s}\). If the radius of a planet be one-third the radius of earth and mass be one-sixth that of earth, the escape velocity from the plate is _______.

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(D) \(7.9 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{s}\)

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\(R_p=\frac{R_E}{3}, M_P=\frac{M_E}{6}\)

\(V_e=\sqrt{\frac{2 G_e}{R_e}}\)      \(...(1)\)

\(V_p=\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{GM}_p}{R_p}}\)     \(....(2)\)

\(\frac{V_e}{V_p}=\sqrt{2}\)

\(V_P=\frac{V_e}{\sqrt{2}}=\frac{11.2}{\sqrt{2}}=7.9 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{sec}\)