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Kepler's laws
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A planet () is moving around the star of mass in the orbit of radius . Another planet () is moving around another star of mass in a orbit of radius . Ratio of time periods of revolution of and is ________.
- Advanced 2025PhysicsNumerical
A geostationary satellite above the equator is orbiting around the earth at a fixed distance from the center of the earth. A second satellite is orbiting in the equatorial plane in the opposite direction to the earth's rotation, at a distance from the center of the earth, such that . The time period of the second satellite as measured from the geostationary satellite is hours. The value of is _____.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
The distance between Sun and Earth is R. The duration of year if the distance between Sun and Earth becomes 3R will be :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
Two planets A and B of equal mass are having their period of revolutions and such that . These planets are revolving in the circular orbits of radii and respectively. Which out of the following would be the correct relationship of their orbits?
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
The time period of a satellite revolving around earth in a given orbit is 7 hours. If the radius of orbit is increased to three times its previous value, then approximate new time period of the satellite will be
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
The time period of X planet of our solar system is 8 years. The distance of earth from the sun is m. The distance of the X planet from the sun will be :
- Advanced 2021PhysicsInteger
The distance between two stars of masses and is . Here is the mean distance between the centers of the Earth and the Sun, and is the mass of the Sun. The two stars orbit around their common center of mass in circular orbits with period , where is the period of Earth's revolution around the Sun.
The value of is ____.
- Advanced 2018PhysicsList match
A planet of mass , has two natural satellites with masses and . The radii of their circular orbits are and respectively. Ignore the gravitational force between the satellites. Define , , and to be, respectively, the orbital speed, angular momentum, kinetic energy and time period of revolution of satellite 1; and , , and to be the corresponding quantities of satellite 2. Given and , match the ratios in List-I to the numbers in List-II.
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
Figure shows elliptical path abcd of a planet around the sun S such that the area of triangle csa is the area of the ellipse. (See figure) With db as the semimajor axis, and ca as the semiminor axis. If is the time taken for planet to go over path abc and for path taken over cda then :
- Main 2014PhysicsSingle correct
India's Mangalyan was sent to the Mars by launching it into a transfer orbit EOM around the sun. It leaves the earth at E and meets Mars at M. If the semi-major axis of Earth's orbit is m, that of Mar's orbit m, taken Kepler's laws give the estimate of time for Mangalyan to reach Mars from Earth to be close to :
- Advanced 2009PhysicsMultiple correct
Under the influence of the Coulomb field of charge , a charge is moving around it in an elliptical orbit. Find out the correct statement(s).