AN EARTH SATELLITE IS MOVING AROUND THE EARTH IN A CIRCULAR ORBIT. FOR SUCH A SATELLITE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS WRONG ?
(A) IT IS A FREELY FALLING BODY
(B) IT IS MOVING WITH A CONSTANT SPEED
(C) IT SUFFERS NO ACCELERATION
(D) TIME PERIOD OF SATELLITE IS INDEPENDENT OF SATELLITE
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Here the answer will be option D .
Now why D?
At first the satellite is not a freely falling body as it is rotating around the Earth in a certain trajectory or orbit and this distance is very high from the surface of the Earth. This is the reason that we can not take it as a freely falling body .
Now the satellite does not move with a constant speed as the speed varies with eccentricity of the orbit and thus there is acceleration present in the motion of a satellite .
Now the time period of a satellite is ,
This is the main reason which says that the time period of satellite is independent of mass of satellite .
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Here the answer will be option D .
Now why D?
At first the satellite is not a freely falling body as it is rotating around the Earth in a certain trajectory or orbit and this distance is very high from the surface of the Earth. This is the reason that we can not take it as a freely falling body .
Now the satellite does not move with a constant speed as the speed varies with eccentricity of the orbit and thus there is acceleration present in the motion of a satellite .
Now the time period of a satellite is ,
This is the main reason which says that the time period of satellite is independent of mass of satellite .
Hope it helps .
Regards