Two identical satellites are moving in the same circular orbit around the earth but in opposite senses of rotation, Assuming an inelastic collision to take place, so that the wreckage remains as one piece of tangled material wreckage

will be moving in a circular orbit of half the radius

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will be moving in a circular orbit on one fourth the radius

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will spin with no translatory motion

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falls directly down

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The correct option is C will spin with no translatory motion
The wreckage will spin with no translatory motion $.$
Hence,
option $(C)$ is correct answer.

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Two identical satellites are moving in the same circular orbit around the earth but in opposite senses of rotation, Assuming an inelastic collision to take place, so that the wreckage remains as one piece of tangled material wreckage

The correct option is C will spin with no translatory motionThe wreckage will spin with no translatory motion.Hence,option (C) is correct answer.

The correct option is C will spin with no translatory motion
The wreckage will spin with no translatory motion $.$
Hence,
option $(C)$ is correct answer.