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The mean radius of the orbit of a satellite is `4` times as great as that of the parking orbit of the earth. Then its period of revolution around the earth is

A

`4` days

B

`8` days

C

`16` days

D

`96` days

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B
`v_(0)=sqrt((GM)/(R+h))` and `T=(2pir)/(v_(0))`
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