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

A

the mass of the satellite

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radius of its orbit

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both the mass and radius of the orbit

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neither the mass of the satellite nor the radius of its orbit

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Solution

The correct option is B the mass of the satellite
Time period of satellite is given by
$T = 2 π \sqrt{\frac{(R + h)^{3}}{G M}}$
where $R + h$ is the radius of orbit satellite
M is mass of Earth.

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