The mean radius of earth is R, its angular speed on its own axis is ω and the acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface is g. What will be the radius of the orbit of a geostationary satellite?
The period of revolution of planet A round the sun is 8 times that of B. The distance of A from the sun is how many times greater than that of B from the sun ?
5
4
3
2
The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet B, A man jumps to a height of 2 m on the surface of A. What is the height of jump by the same person on the planet B ?
6 m
18 m
The escape velocity of a body on the surface of the earth is 11.2 km/s. If the earth's mass increases to twice its present value and the radius of the earth becomes half, the escape velocity would become
44.8 km/s
22.4 km/s
11.2 km/s (remain unchanged)
5.6 km/s
The escape velocity from the surface of the earth is ve. The escape velocity from the surface of a planet whose mass and radius are three times those of the earth, will be
ve
3ve
9ve
1/3ve