PATHFINDER-GRAVITATION-QUESTION BANK
- A rocket is fired from the earth toward the sun. At what distance from...
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- How will you weigh the sun, that is estimate its mass ? The mean orbit...
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- A body weights 63 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitati...
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- A satellite of mass 250 kg is orbiting the earth at a height of 500 km...
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- The escape speed of a projectile on the earth's surface is 11.2 km/s. ...
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- Two metals spheres of the same material and of equal radius R are touc...
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- What is a geo-stationary satellite ?
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- If the radius of the earth-shrinks by 2% and its mass remain same, the...
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- The radius of the earth is reduced by 4% The mass of the earth remains...
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- Discuss the variation of g (i) with the height above the earth's surfa...
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- Discuss the variation of g (ii) with depth below the earth's surface.
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- Derive an expression for Gravitational potential above the surface of ...
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- What is the ratio of the escape velocity to the orbital velocity for a...
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- Show that the gravitational potential at a point, distance r from the ...
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- The mass and diameter of a planet are twice those of the earth.What wi...
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- Define escape velocity.Deduce anexpression for the escape velocity and...
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- A body hanging from a spring stretches it by 1 cm at the earth's surf...
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- Show that the velocity of a body released at distance r from the centr...
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- Suppose a body of mass m lies on an inside surface of a spacecraft rev...
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- A rocket is launched vertically from the surface of the earth with a...
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