Solve the Problem.How Much Time a Satellite in an Orbit at Height 35780 Km Above Earth'S Surface Would Take, If the Mass of the Earth Would Have Been Four Times Its Original Mass? - Science and Technology 1

Solve the problem.

How much time a satellite in an orbit at height 35780 km above earth's surface would take, if the mass of the earth would have been four times its original mass?

Solution

Given:
Height of the satellite, h = 35780 km
Let the original mass of Earth be M. Then its new mass will be 4M.
Time taken by the satellite to revolved around the Earth's orbit is given as

$T = \frac{2\pi R}{v_c}$

Now, vis given as

$v_c = \sqrt{\frac{GM}{R + h}}$
Thus,

$T = \frac{2\pi(R + h)}{\sqrt{\frac{GM}{R + h}}} = \frac{2\pi(R + h)\sqrt{R + h}}{\sqrt{GM}} . . . . . (i)$

$\Rightarrow T \propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{M}} . . . . . (ii)$

Thus from equation (ii) we see that when the mass of the Earth becomes 4 times, the time period of revolution of satellite should be halved.
i.e.   $T_{4M} = \frac{T}{2}$        .....(iii)
Now, h = 35780 km
M = $6 \times {10}^{24} kg$

R =  $6 . 4 \times {10}^5 m$
G = 6.67 × 10-11 N m2 /kg2
Putting the values of h, M and R in first, we get
T = 24 h
Using (iii), we get
$T_{4M} = \frac{24}{2} = 12 h$
Concept: Orbits of Artificial Satellites
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