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The time period of an earth satellite in circular orbit is independent of:

  1. A
    the mass of the satellite
  2. B
    radius of its orbit
  3. C
    both the mass and radius of the orbit
  4. D
    neither the mass of the satellite nor the radius of its orbit

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The time period of a satellite is given by:

where is the orbital radius and is the mass of the Earth.The formula contains the mass of the Earth but not the mass of the satellite (). Therefore, is independent of the mass of the satellite.

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The time period of an earth satellite in circular orbit is independent of:
A
the mass of the satellite
B
radius of its orbit
C
both the mass and radius of the orbit
D
neither the mass of the satellite nor the radius of its orbit

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