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The time period of a simple pendulum at the centre of the earth is

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At the centre of the earth, g = 0. As `T = 2pisqrt((l)/(g))`, time period is infinity.
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  2. How the value of g changes as one moves from equator to pole?

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  3. How the value of g changes with increase in latitude of a place?

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  8. What is the direction and orbital speed of a geostationary satellite?

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  9. Time period of revolution of polar satellite is around

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  10. What is the escape speed of the Sun ?

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  12. Why is gravitational potential energy negative?

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  14. What is the shape of earth at poles?

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  18. Does the escape velocity of a body depend on the density of a planet?

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  19. What do you mean by weightlessness?

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