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A satellite of earth is revolving in a circular orbit with uniform velocity v. If gravitational force suddenly disappears, the satellite will:

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continue to move the speed along original orbit
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will fall to earth
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move with velocity v tangent to original orbit
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will fly away from earth due to absence of gravitational pull
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