JEE Main Physics question

PhysicsGravitationJEE Main

Satellites and are revolving around the orbit of earth. The mass of is times the mass of . The ratio of time period is

Answer: (B)

Solution

Orbital time period depends only on the orbital radius (and the central mass ), not on the orbiting satellite's own mass. Since

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