Short answer type

1. The mass and diameter of a planet have twice the value of the corresponding parameters of the
earth. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the planet?

2. Two planets A and B have their radii in a ratio 'r'. The ratio of the acceleration due to gravity on
the planets is' x'. What is the ratio of the escape velocity from the two planets?

3. What happens to the time-period of the earth, if the distance of the Sun from the earth is halved?

4. The mass and diameter of a planet are twice those of the earth. What will be the period of oscillation
of a pendulum on this planet, If it is a second's pendulum on the earth.

5. Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the earth. What would be
its orbital size as compared to that of the earth?

6. Deduce an expression for the velocity required by a body so that it orbits around the earth .

8. State two essential requisites of geostationary satellite?

9. Show that an artificial satellite circling round the earth in an orbit of radius obeys Kepler’s third law?

10. Find an expression for the weight of a body at the centre of the earth?

11. Find an expression for gravitational intensity due to earth at a point on its free surface.

12. Show that value of g at a height h is same as the value of acceleration due of gravity at a depth d =
2h

13. What is Kepler’s law of periods? Show it mathematically?

14. Write two characteristics of gravitational force?

15. Assuming earth to be a uniform sphere finds an expression for density of earth in terms of g and G?

16. Why there is no atmosphere on the moon?