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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 7. gravitation

The relative uncertainty in the period of a sateilite orbiting around the earth is \(10^{-2}\). If the relative uncertainty in the radius of the orbit is negligible, the relative uncertainty in the mass of the earth is

  1. A \(3\times 10^{-2}\)
  2. B \(10^{-2}\)
  3. C \(2\times 10^{-2}\)
  4. D \(6\times 10^{-2}\)
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(C) \(2\times 10^{-2}\)

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From Kepler's law, time period of a satellite, \(T = 2\pi \sqrt {\frac{{{r^3}}}{{Gm}}} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,{T^2} = \frac{{4{\pi ^2}}}{{GM}}{r^3}\) \(M = \frac{4\pi^2 r^3}{GT^2}\) \(\frac{\Delta M}{M} = 3 \frac{\Delta r}{r} + 2 \frac{\Delta T}{T}\)…
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