The additional kinetic energy to be provided to a satellite of mass $m$ revolving around a planet of mass $M$, to transfer it from a circular orbit of radius $R_1$ to another of radius $R_2\,(R_2 > R_1)$ is
The additional kinetic energy to be provided to a satellite of mass $m$ revolving around a planet of mass $M$, to transfer it from a circular orbit of radius $R_1$ to another of radius $R_2\,(R_2 > R_1)$ is
- A
$GmM\,\left( {\frac{1}{{{R_1}}} - \frac{1}{{{R_2}}}} \right)$
- B
$2GmM\,\left( {\frac{1}{{{R_1}}} - \frac{1}{{{R_2}}}} \right)$
- C
$\frac{1}{2}GmM\,\left( {\frac{1}{{{R_1}}} - \frac{1}{{{R_2}}}} \right)$
- D
$GmM\,\left( {\frac{1}{{R_1^2}} - \frac{1}{{R_2^2}}} \right)$
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