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A person in an artificial satellite of the earth experiences weightlessness. The moon is a natural satellite of the earth. Can a person on the moon experience weight? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  19. What is acceleration due to gravity?

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  20. The uniform acceleration produced in a freely falling body due to grav...

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