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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 7. gravitation

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: A satellite is moving around earth in the orbit very close to the earth surface. The time period of revolution of satellite depends upon the density of earth.
Statement II: The time period of revolution of the satellite is \( T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{R_{e}}{g}} \) (for satellite very close to the earth surface), where \( R_{e} \) radius of earth and g acceleration due to gravity.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. A Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  2. B Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  3. C Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. D Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

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\(T =2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{ R ^3}{ GM }}\) \(\because M =\rho \cdot \frac{4}{3} \pi R ^3\) \(\therefore T=2 g p \sqrt{\frac{1}{G \rho \frac{4}{3} \pi}}\) Statement I is correct. And \(\therefore \frac{ GM }{ R ^2}= g\) \(\therefore T =2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{ R }{ g }}\) Statement II is…
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