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8.2: Kepler’s Laws __ 2017 1. Two planets are at distances Ry 1). at al to ‘Their periods are 7) and 7p (a ) is equ 2 R Ay og or ( R | Ry ay & (ey @ fe WaKcen R R 2. Acomet orbits around Sun in an elliptical orbit. Which of the following quantities remains constant during the course of its motion? (a) Linear velocity (b) Angular velocity (c) Angular momentum (@ Kinetic energy (©). Potential energy (Kerala PET) 3. The semi-major axis of the orbit of Satum’ is approximately nine times that of Earth. The time Period of revolution of Saturn is approximately equal and R, from the Sun. to (@) 81 years (b) 27 years © sod years (@) WBlyears Onaas (tert en) 2016 4 Fase ‘tows elisa! path abed of a planet around s a such thatthe area of triangle csais + the area « ellipse. (See figure) With db as the sSenimajor ce a o a8 the semiminor axis. If t is the t cen for planet i a taken over ee 8° O° Bath abe and, for path ©) 4,=2, © 4% ear @ 4=% one EE Main Onine) 5. Avery long (len ) eylindri “unit ly dis indicat i Sa geen a tl plane Frank, Otbiting the gates = ; Perpendicular to, the galaxy j its centre, Ifthe time peri aloxy ang sing th oa fom he glasses ges —— pee ) 1 Qt @7 2013 the earth is one-fourth of its present dist S rcam, the duration of the year vil be chee’ (@) half of the present year ‘h () (3) of thepresent year 4 ir age 1" © (:) of the present year ah 09 (2) ermensensee (Kerala Pa 1y © () of the present year 7, Aplanetmoves around the sun in an elliptical orbitwi sunatone of ts foci. The physical quantity associ the motion ofthe planet that remains constant withing (@) velocity (b) centripetal force (©) linear momentum — (d) angular momeatul (WB JEE 2013, J & K CET2A 2012 8. A planet moving ‘around sun sweeps atet 4) 2-days, 4, in 3 days and A, in 6 days, Then the el Aj, Ay and A, is as @) 34,=24,= 4, (0) 24,=34, (© 34,=24, TeTaee distance of the earth from the sit 8 Hoe Year of the earth = D days, one year oft Plat whose average distance from the suns 12 va @ op} A a) (2) ys L 23 © 2] aa @ (2) “7g 2011 10. If graph is ploted between 7? and 7 fr ## then its, slope will be pane. co uw OS © mecitt Gravitation 2009 janet revolves round the sun in an elliptical orbit. MAP tnear speed ofthe planet will be maximum at > is not touching anywhere, the force applied at the top of the wire by a person holding it in place is (take the radius of earth = 6 «10° m and the acceleration due to gravity on carth is 10 ms?) (a) 96N (b) 120N (d) 150N (EE Advanced) 108N (c) ments of three particles them according to the OPM O MBIA) Ay dC magnitude of the net gravitational foree on the particle eer cr labeled m, in decreasing order = = D D 8.3: Universal Law of Gravitation ) eee o=— a Pa 2016 b wf 12. An astronaut of mass m is working on a satellite pe ovbing the earth at a distance h from the earth's materti han airs moneTe AGEN, dun surface, The radius of the earth is R, while its mass is eg a M, The gravitational pull F7, on the astronaut is. ** (AMU (En90.)) (a). Zero since astronaut feels weightess Chin GM ae 17. ‘The universal law of gravitation isthe force law also et R 201 = 5 ‘where py isa constant. test mass can undergo circular tH ‘motion under the influence ofthe gravitational field of 34 particles, Its speed vasa function of distance r (0) 2.89 kms! (4) 34kms! ‘ W&Kcen a ——— WHE Ite () The sina int y 2016 “3 ~ 68._A satellite is revolving in a circular orbit at a height a “from the earth’s surface (radius of earth R; h <<). ‘The minimum increase in its orbital velocity required. . 0 that the satellite could escape from the earth's eon ee si 2012 (d) The energy of the ma atmosphere) @ \2ek ) eR B00 spherical planers? ans ign v1) density p, masses My and () Weki2 (a Vek 44, respectively. A spherical p GEEMal) density and its mass 8 (4, velocities from the 2015 vp, respectively. Then 69. A rocket is lunced vericlly upward fiom the (fy "Posey, ®) surface of the earth with an initial velocity of 10 km/s. If the radius ofthe earth is 6400 km and atmospheric () Hes () resistance is negligible, find the distance above the vp surface ofthe eat that the rocket wil go. (@) 25% 10'km (>) 3.0% 10°km. 74. A rocket is fired from inside a $4010 kan (@) 3.0% 10°km ‘escape: the earth's gravitation: (MU (Ergo) velocity t6tbe imparted to the rocke (@) exactly the same as the c 70. A body of mass m is released from a height equal to fern eheaa MmectywimBch val yo Se cars surface nina 3c excep 2 nee the earth's surface () agr (e) eR (©) a little less than the escape nek © Jag co Meiants srtce infinity ‘ (o) miler er rmaaPE) 2014 2014 75. A projectile a : is fired vericaly 1. Te ene Yeh foo the sutice of cath i surface of earth with « vein. whose radu is tes eae Nell ina planet is the escape velocity andj ‘sai ities at eat eos Tesintance, the maximum height — 10 gravity is three times of tan ise, measured from the cere ce (R= radius of earthy ‘4 (©) 33.6kme! ee @-k- om (Skene YaKoey ee m * 2013 - Correct statement(s) is (are) aed city of the “Scape the gravitational field of the two et © 445 tm en, fH! the two bodies ig wee @) Baie - Proje é ae Oe fom the surface ait Velocity of 2-112 kms whe it escapes qe Sah. The velocity of the © Biya ge aviational pull of earths oo 8®) t12kms! © Feit 2km 4) 0.5% 11.2kms* (eral Gi 20 g velocity of.a planet is 3 times that of the 7a, Hie is radivsis 4 times that ofthe earth, then the is (Mass of the earth = 6 = 10 kg) on 107 ke (b) 0.72 « 10” kg (216% 10 ke (@) 1.22 « 10" ky fe) 6% 10" ks (Kerala PET) 1, hemmon hs 8 mss of a that of the earth and a radius of q that ofthe earth, The escape speed from the surface of the earth is 11.2 km s'!. The escape from the surface of the moon is (@) 125kms" (b) 2.49 kms ( 37kms" (@) S6kms" (OEE) 2009 40, A body is projected up from the surface of the earth th with velocity () of its escape velocity. If & be the radius of earth, the height it reaches is, 3k OR @) ire (b) Fa © a @ # W&KCEN 2008 41, A planet in a distant solar system is 10 times more massive than the earth and its radius is 10 times smaller. Given that the escape velocity from the earth is ILkm s7, the escape velocity from the surface of the planet would be (@) O.11kms* (b) L.1km © Wks" (@) W0kms' (AIEEE) 2007 Sy r escape velocity of a body from the earth is _¥,. the radius of earth contracts to (1/4)" of its value, i themass of earth constant, the escape velocity (9) doubled (b) halved oe (@) unaltered (J & K CET) SE © tater ve coe 26099 ptionary satelite isin an orbit of radius et I. Approximately what would be the time lem satellite orbiting a few hundred (Banh pay 2POVE the surface of the earth? @ = 6400 km) 9 Fo (b) Two hours = (d) Bight hours ‘e (AMU (Engg.)) ‘84. Assuming density d of a planet to be uniform, we ‘can say that the time period of its artificial satellite is, proportional to @d oO © = OF vad a (W&KCEN 85, Angularmomentum of earth revolving around the sun ina circular orbit of radius R is proportional to (@ JR (mR (RP @ R” © ® (Kerala PET) 2014 86, Whats aperiod of revolution of earth satellite? Ignore the height of satellite above the surface of earth. Given (1) The value of gravitational acceleration g= 10m s*. (2) Radius of earth R, = 6400 km. Take m= 3.14 (a), 83.73 minutes (b) 85 minutes (©) 90minutes (@) 156 minutes (Karnataka CET) 2012 87. A cosmonaut is circling the earth in a satellite at 7 km/s at a height of 630 km above the surface of arth. Caleulate the centripetal force acting on the cosmonaut if his mass is 80 kg. (Take R, =6.37 < 10° m) (a) zero. (b) 560N (c) 600N (@) 650.N (AMU (Engg,)) ‘88. How long will a satellite, placed in a circular orbit ; * of radius that is @y the radius of a geostationary 4. Satelite take to complete one revolution around the earth? (@) 12hours (b) 6 hours (c) 3hours (@) 4days W&KCEN 89. A satelite launching station should be (a) near the equatorial region (b) near the polar region (©) onthe polar axis (d)_allof these (uP GBrU) 2011 90, A satellite is moving with a constant speed v in a circular orbit about the earth. An object of mass m is ejected from the satellite such that it just escapes from the gravitational pull of the earth. At the time of its ejection, the kinetic energy of the object is (a) pin (b) mv? © $n? (@) my? (IT Jee) ius R 91, Asatelite is launched into a circular orbit of radius ‘ound the earth, A second satelite is launched ito 2° ‘orbit of radius 42, The ratio of their respective Per ty ait 1s ic) Bit @t (12 (eral PED 1 of mass mand 9m are orbiting # planet ee heir periods of revolution will in orbits of radius R. Th be in the ratio of o (91 (o) Ol (a) 1:3 (Kamataka CET) a satellite orbiting close t0 (0) \O5eR 93. The orbital velocity of carth’s surface is () Jak () J2h (a) 2fgR — (UPSEAT) 2010 94. The speed of an anificial satellite near the surface of the eat is (a) ~The st (b) ~8kms? (c) ~10km 5! (d) ~ 11 kms (UPSEAT) 95. A satellite is revolving sround the earth. Which of {following physical quantities remains constant ? (a) Angular momentum (b) Velocity (c) Linear momentum (6) None of these (UPSEAT) 2009 96. Ageostationary satellite is orbiting the earth ata height ‘of 6R from the earth's surface (R isthe earth's radius). ‘What isthe period of rotation of another satellite at height of 2.5R from the earth's surface? (=) 62 hous (©) 10hours 2 s mon (SWS hours (AMU (Eog9.) 2008 : 97. Anarificl satelite is moving ina circular orbitaround, the earth with a speed equal to half the magnitude of escape velocity from the earth. The hei satelite above the ean’ sure willbe (a) 3200km (6) 6400 km (©) 7200 km (A) none of these (UPSEAT) 2007 98. A satelite is launched in a circular orbit of radius R around the earth, A second satelite is launched into an orbit of radius 1.01R. The period of second satellite is Jonger than the frst one (approximately) by a) 1.5% (b) 05% (c) @ 1% ; Merle PEN) cnr eee MbG JEE Champi +a satellite moving in a cir 1d denote its kinet ively then (Choose the >=) ) K @«k energy of a satellite a 100. The ratio of binding enerzy of @ cearth’s surface of the binding ener f the same mass revolving around the earth at abe above earth’s surface is (R= radius of the c UR+h) wy Reh oe F Stare 32 R 2016 101. An asteroid of mass 2 » 10 M,, wher ofthe earth, revolves in a circular orbit at a distance that is twice earth's di sun, Find the ratio of the kinetic energy of the to that of earth, stance mt sri @ 09% 10% () 1.6* 10 (©) 3.6% 10% (@) 1.0 10 AMU (Enga)h 2015 102. A satellite has Kinetic energy K, potential ene and total energy £. Which of the following statement is true? Wikecy ) K=r2 i saa @ E=-Kn Wel 2014 103. The total energy of an artificial satellite of mass fevolving in a circular orbit it around the earth with speed v is (@) Sm?) Amt 4 (©) aw? (6) (©) Lm 2013 (Kerala 9f mass m from the surface of a plane radius R in a circular orbit at an alll (a) GmM af 3R e) SSeat (¢) 2Gmn 3R @ cot (ee Groton 10s, The tot enerzy and kinetic energy of an earth's >. “atllite are respectively (@ positive and negative (b) negative and positive (9) positive and positive (a) negative and negative (@ zero and positive (Kerala PET) 2012 106. The mass of a spaceship is 1000 kg. It is tobe launched from the earth’s surface out into free space, The value of g and R (radius of earth) are 10 m/s? and 6400 km respectively. The required energy for this work will be (a) 64% 1085 (b) 64 ~ 1075 fo) 64% 105, (d) 6.410" (AIEEE) 107. An artificial satellite moving in a circular orbit at a distance / from the centre of the earth has a total energy By, Its potential energy is (a) Bob) NSEy (ce) Ey (a) 2E, (e) By? (Kerala PET) 2011 108. An orbiting satellite has (@) only kinetic energy (b) only potential energy (©) kinetic and potential energy (@) zero energy 2010 109, The total energy ofa circulatly orbiting satelite is (2) twice the kinetic energy of the satellite (b) half the kinetic energy of the satellite (©) twice the potential energy of the satellite (@)_equal to the potential energy of the satellite (@) halfthe potential energy of the satellite (Kerala PET) 110, fan earth satellite of mass m orbiting at a distance 2 from the centre of earth has to be transferred into the orbit of radius 32, the amount of encrgy required is (Radius of earth) (J&K CET) ot Eo tw a me (Kerala PEN) 2009 1. Asatellite moving round the earth ina circular orbit of ninritased suddenly loses some ofits energy. (@) ‘will increase and v will decrease () both rand v will decrease (© both rand v will increase 2008 "ul desease and v wil ineease , . , Satelit is revolving around the earth with kinetic E. The minimum addition of kinetic energy i ‘escape from its orbit is (J&KCED) (a) 26.0) JE, (0), £2, @ VEI2 @E (Kerala PEN 8.11 : Geostationary and Polar Satellites 2016 113. Polar satellites (a) are high altitude satellites (b) are widely used for telecommunication (c) are used for environmental studies (4) go around the carth in a east-west direction (6) have time-period of rotation of 24 hours (Kerala PET) 2014 114. A period of geostationary satellite is (@) 30h (b) 24h (©) 48h (@) 12h (Karnataka CET) 2010 115. Pick out the most correct statement with reference to carth satellites (@) Geostationary satellites are used for remote sensing (b). Polar satellites are used for telecommunications. (6) INSAT group of satellites belong to geostationary satellites (@) Polar satellites are at height of about 36,000 km. (W&KCEN 8.12 : Weightlessness 2012 116, An astronaut experiences weightlessness in a space satellite, It is because (@)_ the gravitational force is small at that location in space. (©) the gravitational force is large at that location in space (©) the astronaui experiences no gravity (4) the gravitational force is infinitely large at that location in space (©). theastronautexperiences an upthrust. (Kerala PET) 2008 117, Statement-L : An astronaut in an orbiting space station above the earth experiences weightlessness, Statement-2 : An object moving around the earth ‘under the influence of earth’s gravitational force is in a state of free-fall (a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true 5 Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1 (b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1 (©) Statement-1is true; Statement-2 is fas. (@)Statement-1is false; Statement-2is true. (IT JEE) = 2 ee 8.A:: Gravitational Fi Id Intensity 2017 ok 118. The mass density of @ spherical body is given k is y= for rs Rand olf) = 0 f0r77 B were OS ‘the distance from the centre, The omer 2 describes qualitatively the acceleration. particle as a function of ris @ topes (EE Main Ontne 2013 : 119. The magnitudes of gravitational field at distances», and” fom the centre of uniform sphere af radius and mass M are /; and J respectively. Find the ratie GMb) ifr > Rand ry

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