Gujarati
7.Gravitation
easy

An earth satellite is moved from one stable circular orbit to a further stable circular orbit, which one of the following quantities increase

A

Gravitational force

B

Gravitational P.E.

C

Linear orbital speed

D

Centripetal acceleration

Solution

(b) $U = \frac{{ – GMm}}{r}.$ If $r$ increases then $U$ also increases.

Standard 11
Physics

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