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Gravitational potential at a height R from the surface of the earth will be [Take M = mass of the earth, R = radius of the earth]

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Given, `h= 1000 km = 10^(6) m`
`R=6.38xx10^(3)"km"=6.38xx10^(6)"m"`
`rArr h+R=7.38xx10^(6) "m",M=6xx10^(24) kg`
`:.` Orbital velocity, `v_(0)=sqrt((GM)/(R+h))`
`=sqrt((6.67xx10^(-11)xx6xx10^(24))/(7.38xx10^(6)))`
`=7364 "ms"^(-1)`
`:.` Period of revolution, `T=sqrt((2pi(R+h))/(v_(0)))=(2pixx7.38xx10^(6))/(7364)`
`rArr T=6297 s`.
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