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Two satellites A and B revolve around a planet in two coplanar circular orbits in the same sense with radii 104km and 2×104 km respectively. Time period of A is 28 hours. What is time period of another
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Solution

From Kepler's first law, we know that

T2αR3

Thus, TαR3/2

TATB=R3/2AR3/2B

TB=23/2TA=79.2hours

Answer is 79.2hours

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