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Find the acceleration due to gravity of the Moon at a point 1000 km above the Moon's surface.

The mass of the Moon is 7.4×1022 kg and its radius is 1740 km.

Important Questions on Gravitation

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Can two particles be in equilibrium under the action of their mutual gravitational force? Can three particles be? Can one of the three particles be?
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Is there any meaning of "weight of the earth"?
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If heavier bodies are attracted more strongly by the earth, why don't they fall faster than the lighter bodies?
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The Earth revolves round the Sun because the Sun attracts the Earth. The Sun also attracts the Moon and this force is about twice as large as the attraction of the Earth on the Moon. Why does the Moon not revolve round the Sun? or does it?
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Suppose the gravitational potential due to a small system is kr2 at a distance r from it. What will be the gravitational field? Can you think of any such system? What happens if there were negative masses?
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A solid sphere of mass m and radius r is placed inside a hollow thin spherical shell of mass M and radius R as shown. A particle of mass m' is placed on the line joining the two centres at a distance x from the point of contact of the sphere and the shell. Find the magnitude of the resultant gravitational force on this particle due to the sphere and the shell if

a r<x<2 r

b 2 r<x<2 R

c x>2 R

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Find the acceleration due to gravity in a mine of depth 640 m, if the value at the surface is 9.80 m s-2 and the radius of the Earth is 6400 km.
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A particle is fired vertically upward from the Earth's surface and it goes up to a maximum height of 6400 km. Find the initial speed of the particle?