Gujarati
Hindi
7.Gravitation
medium

A satellite is in a circular equatorial orbit of radius $7000\,km$ around the Earth. If it is transferred to a circular orbit of double the radius then its angular momentum will be

A

Increases

B

Decreases

C

Remain unchanged

D

None of these

Solution

$\mathrm{L}^{\prime}=\mathrm{mv}^{\prime} \mathrm{r}^{\prime}=\mathrm{m}(\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{GM}}{2 \mathrm{r}}}) (2r)$

$=\sqrt{2} \mathrm{mvr}=\sqrt{2} \mathrm{L}$

Standard 11
Physics

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