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PhysicsGravitationJEE Main

**Assertion:** Orbital velocity of a satellite is greater than its escape velocity.

**Reason:** The orbit of a satellite is within the gravitational field of earth, whereas escaping is beyond the gravitational field of earth.

Answer: (D)

Solution

Orbital velocity is always *less* than escape velocity (in fact ), so the Assertion is false. The Reason, in the commonly used (if informal)

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