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Introduction to Gravitation : Kepler's Laws

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the distance between sun and a planet is r.The angular momentum of planet around the sun in circular orbit is proportional to

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A planet moves around sun in nearly circular orbit period of revolution 't', radius of orbit r mass of sun m.

Time period if direcyly proportional to mass of sun, distance between planet and sun and universal gravitational constant.

Prove T² is directly proportional to r³

Q. If the angular momentum of a planet of mass

m

, moving around the Sun in a circular orbit is

L

, about the centre of the Sun, its areal velocity is:

Q. A planet of mass

m

revolves in elliptical orbit around the sun so that its maximum and minimum distances from the sun are equal to

r_{a}

r_{p}

respectively. Find the angular momentum of this planet relative to the sun.

Q. Assertion (A): Even though a planet revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit, the angular momentum of planet is constant.
Reason (R) : Any force other than mutual gravitational force is absent between the planet and the sun.

Q. A planet of mass

m

moves around the sun of mass

M

in an elliptical orbit. The maximum and minimum distances of the planet from the sun are

r_{1}

r_{2}

respectively. The time period of the planet is proportional to:

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