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Weight of a body depends directly on 'g'. The value of 'g' depends on many factors like shape of earth, rotation of earth etc. Derive the expression for orbital and escape velocity.

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  4. Weight of a body is the force of gravitational attraction experienced ...

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  5. Weight of a body is the force of gravitational attraction experienced ...

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  6. A person in an artificial satellite of the earth experiences weightles...

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  7. A person in an artificial satellite of the earth experiences weightles...

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  8. A person in an artificial satellite of the earth experiences weightles...

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  9. Imagine a point mass 'm' maintained at the centre of a shell of unifor...

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  10. The acceleration of a body due to the force exerted by earth on it is ...

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  11. The acceleration of a body due to the force exerted by earth on it is ...

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  12. The value of acceleration due to gravity is maximum at the ………….. (1)...

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  13. Find the height at which 'g' is reduced to g/2.

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  14. A rat and a horse are to be projected from earth into space. State whe...

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  15. Now a days we are familiar with satellites. Name any two satellites.

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  16. Now a days we are familiar with satellites. Differentiate escape veloc...

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  17. Now a days we are familiar with satellites. For an earth satellite sho...

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  18. The escape speed for an object from the earth is 11.2 km/s. What is me...

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  19. The escape speed for an object from the earth is 11.2 km/s. Arrive at ...

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  20. The escape speed for an object from the earth is 11.2 km/s. Arrive at ...

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