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Acceleration due to gravity is independent of mass of the earth/mass of the body.

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  8. The energy required to launch an orbiting satellite out of earth’s gra...

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  9. Does the escape speed of a body from the earth depend on (a) the mass ...

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

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  11. Which of the following symptoms is likely to afflict an astronaut in s...

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  13. A rocket is fired from the earth towards the sun. At what distance fro...

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  14. How will you ‘weigh the sun’, that is estimate its mass? The mean orbi...

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  15. A saturn year is 29.5 times the earth year. How far is the saturn from...

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  16. A body weighs 63 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitatio...

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  17. Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, how much wo...

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  18. A rocket is fired vertically with a speed of 5 km s^(-1) from the eart...

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  19. The escape speed of a projectile on the earth’s surface is 11.2 km s^(...

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