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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 7. gravitation

The time period of a satellite revolving around earth in a given orbit is \(7 \,hours\). If the radius of orbit is increased to three times its previous value, then approximate new time period of the satellite will be ...... \(hours\)

  1. A \(40\)
  2. B \(36\)
  3. C \(30\)
  4. D \(25\)
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(B) \(36\)

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\(T =\frac{2 \pi}{\sqrt{ GM }} r ^{3 / 2}\) \(\frac{ T _{1}}{ T _{2}}=\left(\frac{ r _{1}}{ r _{2}}\right)^{3 / 2}=\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{3 / 2}\) \(T _{2}= T _{1} 3 \sqrt{3}=21 \sqrt{3} \,\text { hours }\) \(\approx 36 \,\text { hours }\)
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