Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
The gravitational potential due to the e...

The gravitational potential due to the earth is minimum at

A

the centre of the Earth.

B

the surface of the Earth.

C

a points inside the Earth but not at its centre.

D

infinite distance

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What is the gravitational potential due to the Earth at a point which is at a height of 2RE above the surface of the Earth, Mass of the Earth is 6xx10^24 kg, radius of the Earth = 6400 km and G = 6.67xx10^(-11) Nm^2 kg^(-2) .

What is gravitational potential?

If g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth and R is radius of the Earth, then the gravitational potential on the surface of the Earth is

The gravitational force due to the earth also acts on the moon because of which it revolves around the earth. Similar situation exists for the artificial satellites orbiting the earth. The moon and the artificial satellites orbit the earth. The earth attracts them towards itself but unlike the falling apple,they do not fall on the earth, why?

Infinite number of bodies, each of mass 2 kg are situated an x-axis at distance 1 m, 2 m, 4 m, 8 m, ..... respectively, from the origin. The resulting gravitational potential due to this system at the origin will be

Magnitude of gravitational potential due to a point mass M at a distance r(>R) from the centre of earth is given by,

Discuss the variation of g with depth and derive the necessary formula. OR Show that the gravitational acceleration due to the earth at a depth d from its surface is g_d= g[1- frac(d)(R)] , where R is the radius of the earth and g is the gravitional acceleration at the earth's surface. OR Discus the variation of acceleration due to gravity with depth 'd' below the surface of the earth OR Derive an expression for acceleration due to gravity at depth 'd' below the surface of earth

Assuming that the gravitational potential energy of an object at infinity is zero, the change in potential energy (final-initial) of an object of mass m, when taken to a height h from the surface of earth (of radius R), is given by,

An object going vertically upwards will be free from the gravitational influence of the earth, if its initial velocity is equal to critical velocity of the earth .