JEE Main Physics question

If a planet was suddenly stopped in its orbit, supposed to be circular, find how much time will it take in falling onto the sun.

Answer: (A)

Solution

With orbital speed and period (so ), energy conservation for the straight-line fall from to , substituted via , gives the fall time

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