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The period of Moon's rotation around the Earth is nearly 29 days.If Moon's mass were 2 fold its present value and all other things remained unchanged the period of Moon's rotation would be nearly `............ `days.

A

`29sqrt(2)`

B

`29/(sqrt(2))`

C

`29xx2`

D

29

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Time period does not depends upon the mass of satellite .
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