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Two bodies of masses 2 kg and 8 kg are separated by a distance of 9 m. The point where the resultant gravitational field intensity is zero is at a distance of

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A body weighs 200 N on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh half way down to the centre of the earth?
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Two astronauts are floating in gravitational free space after having lost contact with their spaceship. The two will:
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An astronaut of mass m is working on a satellite orbiting the earth at a distance h from the earth's surface. The radius of the earth is R, while its mass is M. The gravitational pull FG on the astronaut is
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Two identical objects each of mass 50 kg are kept at a distance of separation of 50 cm apart on a horizontal table. The net gravitational force at the mid-point of the line joining their centres is
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If radius of the Earth contracts by 2% and its mass remains the same, then the weight of a body at the Earth's surface
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The ratio of the weights of a body on Earth’s surface to that on the surface of a planet is 9:4 The mass of the planet is 19th of that of the Earth. If R is the radius of the Earth, what is the radius of the planet? (Take the planets to have the same mass density)
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A planet of radius R=110× (radius of Earth) has the same mass density as Earth. Scientists dig a well of depth R5 on it and lower a wire of the same length and of linear mass density 10-3 kg m-1 into it. If the wire is not touching anywhere, the force applied at the top of the wire by a person holding it in place is (take the radius of Earth =6×106 m and the acceleration due to gravity of Earth is 10 m s-2)
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A particle of mass m is placed at a distance x from one end of a uniform rod with length L and mass M. The magnitude of the gravitational force F on the particle from the rod is F=βGMmL2 where β is constant. If x=L2 then the value of β will be
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The International space station is maintained in a nearly circular orbit with a mean altitude of 330 km and a maximum of 410 km. An astronaut is floating in the space station's cabin. The acceleration of astronauts as measured from the earth is-
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Six objects are placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon. The geometric centre of the hexagon is at the origin with objects 1 and 4 on the X-axis (see figure). The mass of the k th object is mk=kiMcosθk, where i is an integer, M is a constant with dimension of mass and θk is the angular position of the k th vertex measured from the positive x -axis in the counter-clockwise sense. If the net gravitational force on a body at the centroid vanishes, the value of i is

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The value of the acceleration due to gravity is g1 at a height h=R2 (R= radius of the earth) from the surface of the earth. It is again equal to g1 at a depth d below the surface the earth. The ratio dR equals:
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Four particles, each of mass M and equidistant from each other, move along a circle of radius R under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of each particle is
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A solid sphere of radius R carries a charge Q+q distributed uniformly over its volume. A very small point-like piece of it of mass m gets detached from the bottom of the sphere and falls down vertically under gravity. This piece carries charge q. If it acquires a speed v when it has fallen through a vertical height y (see figure), then (assume the remaining portion to be spherical)

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Four identical particles of mass M are located at the corners of a square of side a . What should be their speed if each of them revolves under the influence of other’s gravitational field in a circular orbit circumscribing the square?
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Two bodies of masses 2 kg and 4 kg separated by a distance of 200 cm are approaching towards each other due to their mutual gravitational force only. After 2 s of their start, the separation decreases by nearly
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The dimensions of Universal gravitational constant is
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Two spheres of mass m and M are situated in air and the gravitational force between them is f. The space around the masses is now filled with a liquid of specific gravity 4. The gravitational force will now be
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A body moves in a circular orbit of radius R under the action of a central force. The potential due to the central force is given by, V(r)=kr (k is a positive constant). The period of revolution of the body is proportional to,
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Two particles of the same mass m are moving in circular orbits because of force, given by F r=-16r-r3. The first particle is at a distance r=1, and the second, at r=4. The best estimate for the ratio of kinetic energies of the first and the second particle is closest to
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A straight rod of length L extends from x=a to x=L+a. The gravitational force it exerts on a point mass 'm' at x=0, if the mass per unit length of the rod is A+Bx2, is given by: