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A research satellite of mass $200 kg$ circles the earth in an orbit of average radius $3 R /2$ , where $R$ is the radius of the earth. Assuming the gravitational pull on the mass of $1 kg$ on the earth's surface to be $10 N$ , the pull on the satellite will be

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A research satellite of mass

200 kg

circles the earth in an orbit of average radius

3 R /2

, where

R

is the radius of the earth. Assuming the gravitational pull on the mass of

1 kg

on the earth's surface to be

10 N

, the pull on the satellite will be

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on the surface of earth,

E_{1} E = \frac{F}{m} = \frac{10}{1} = 10 N / kg \propto \frac{1}{r ^{2}}

\frac{E _{2}}{E _{1}} = (\frac{r _{1}}{r _{2}})^{2} = (\frac{R}{3 R /2})^{2} = \frac{4}{9}

E_{2} = \frac{4}{9} E_{f} = \frac{40}{9} N / kg

F_{2} = m E_{2} = (200) (\frac{40}{9}) = 889 N

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Question Text	A research satellite of mass $200 kg$ circles the earth in an orbit of average radius $3 R /2$ , where $R$ is the radius of the earth. Assuming the gravitational pull on the mass of $1 kg$ on the earth's surface to be $10 N$ , the pull on the satellite will be
Updated On	Nov 12, 2023
Topic	Gravitation
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A research satellite of mass $200 kg$ circles the earth in an orbit of average radius $3 R /2$ , where $R$ is the radius of the earth. Assuming the gravitational pull on the mass of $1 kg$ on the earth's surface to be $10 N$ , the pull on the satellite will be

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