A satellite is revolving around a planet in a circular orbit close to its surface. Let ' $\rho$ ' be the…

A satellite is revolving around a planet in a circular orbit close to its surface. Let ' $\rho$ ' be the mean density and ' $R$ ' be the radius of the planet. Then the period of the satellite is ( $\mathrm{G}=$ universal constant of gravitation)
  1. $\sqrt{\frac{4 \pi}{\rho G}}$
  2. $\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{\rho G}}$
  3. $\sqrt{\frac{3 \pi}{\rho G}}$
  4. $\sqrt{\frac{2 \pi}{\rho G}}$

Solution

From Kepler's third law, $\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{T}^2=\frac{4 \pi^2 \mathrm{r}^3}{\mathrm{GM}} \\ & \therefore \quad \mathrm{~T} =2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{r}^3}{\mathrm{GM}}} \end{aligned}$ As the satellite is very close to the planet, $r=R$. $\therefore \quad \mathrm{T}=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{R}^3}{\mathrm{GM}}}...(i)$ $\begin{aligned} & \text {We know, } \text {Mass } =\text { Volume } \times \text { Density }(\rho) \\ & =\frac{4}{3} \pi \mathrm{R}^3 \times \rho...(ii) \end{aligned}$ Putting (ii) into (i) $T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{R^3}{G \times \frac{4}{3} \pi R^3 \rho}}=\sqrt{\frac{3 \pi}{\rho G}}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (09 May Shift 2)

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