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Where is the escape velocity of a body greater -from the earth or from the moon ?

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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION AND PLANETARY MOTION-EXERCISE (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
  1. During free fall, the weight of a body becomes……….

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  4. How does the escape velocity of a body from the earth depend on the ma...

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  5. From the surface of a planet, the escape velocity of all bodies - heav...

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  6. From the surface of the moon, give the value of the escape velocity ...

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  7. What is the relation between orbital and escape velocity ?

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  8. When a body coming from infinity falls on the earth's surface, give it...

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  9. The orbital speed of a planet around the sun depends on the mass of t...

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  10. A comet orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. Does the comet ha...

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  11. The time period of revolution of an artificial satellite in an orbit...

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  12. An artificial satellite appears to be stationary with respect to an ob...

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  13. What is the name of the orbit where an artificial satellite appears t...

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  14. What time will a polar satellite take to revolve around the earth once...

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  15. In which plane of the earth, does the orbit of a geostationary satell...

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  16. Write down one most important application of geostationary satellite.

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  17. Assuming that the earth revolves around the sun in a circular orbit, ...

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  18. If the distance between the sun and the earth were half the present va...

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  19. If two satellite revolve in two different circular orbits, the orbital...

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  20. The orbital speed of a satellite of the earth does not depend on the m...

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