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The additional kinetic energy to be provided to a plate of mass m revolving around a planet of mass M to transfer it from a circular orbit of radius `R_1` to `R_2` (`R_1` > `R_2`) is

A

`GMm(1/R_1^2 - 1/R_2^2)`

B

`GMm(1/R_1 - 1/R_2)

C

`2GMm(1/R_1 - 1/R_2)`

D

`(GMm)/2 (1/R_1 - 1/R_2)`

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