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Q. The time period of an artificial satellite in a circular orbit is independent of

COMEDKCOMEDK 2000Gravitation

Solution:

The time period of an artificial satellite is given by
$T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\left(R_{e}+h\right)^{3}}{g R_{e}^{2}}}$
where $R_{e}$ is radius of earth and $h$ the height of satellite. From the above formula it is clear that time period of revolution does not depend upon the mass of the satellite.