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Obtain an expression for the binding energy of a satellite revolving around the Earth at a certain altitude.
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What is a critical velocity?
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Obtain an expression for the critical velocity of an orbiting satellite. On what factors does it depend?
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Describe how an artificial satellite using a two-stage rocket is launched in an orbit around the Earth.
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Calculate the kinetic energy, potential energy, total energy and binding energy of an artificial satellite of mass 2000 kg orbiting at a height of 3600 km above the surface of the Earth.
Given: G = 6.67 × 10-11 Nm2/kg2
R = 6400 km, M = 6 × 1024 kg
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Two satellites A and B are revolving round a planet. Their periods of revolution are 1 hour and 8 hour respectively. The radius of orbit of satellite B is 4 × 104 km. Find radius of orbit of satellite A.
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Calculate the speed of a satellite in an orbit at a height of 1000 km from the Earth’s surface.
(ME = 5.98 × 1024 kg, R = 6.4 × 106 m)
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Calculate the value of acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Mars if the radius of Mars = 3.4 × 103 km and its mass is 6.4 × 1023 kg.
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A planet has mass 6.4 × 1024 kg and radius 3.4 × 106 m. Calculate the energy required to remove an object of mass 800 kg from the surface of the planet to infinity.
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Calculate the value of the universal gravitational constant from the given data. Mass of the Earth = 6 × 1024 kg, Radius of the Earth = 6400 km, and the acceleration due to gravity on the surface = 9.8 m/s2.
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A body weighs 5.6 kg wt on the surface of the Earth. How much will be its weight on a planet whose mass is 7 times the mass of the Earth and radius twice that of the Earth’s radius?
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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 6 × 1024 kg, radius of the Earth = 6400 km and G = 6.67 × 10–11 N m2 kg–2)
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Define and describe the magnifying power of an optical instrument.
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How does magnifying power differ from linear or lateral magnification?
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Derive an expression for the magnifying power of a simple microscope. Obtain its minimum and maximum values in terms of its focal length.
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What is a terrestrial telescope and an astronomical telescope?
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Obtain the expressions for magnifying power and the length of an astronomical telescope under normal adjustments.
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What is the limitation in increasing the magnifying powers of a compound microscope?
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What is the limitation in increasing the magnifying powers of a simple microscope?
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What is the limitation in increasing the magnifying powers of the astronomical telescope?
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