Gujarati
Hindi
7.Gravitation
medium

The self gravitational potential energy of a spherical shell of mass $M$ and radius $R$ is

A

$ - \frac{{G{M^2}}}{R}$

B

$ - \frac{{G{M^2}}}{2R}$

C

$ - \frac{3}{5}\,\frac{{G{M^2}}}{R}$

D

$ - \frac{{G{M^2}}}{{4R}}$

Solution

$\mathrm{PE}=\int \mathrm{Vdm}=-\int_{0}^{\mathrm{R}} \frac{\mathrm{GM}}{\mathrm{r}} \mathrm{dm}=-\frac{\mathrm{GM}^{2}}{2 \mathrm{R}}$

Standard 11
Physics

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