MCQ
Orbital velocity of an artificial satellite does not depend upon
- AMass of the earth
- ✓Mass of the satellite
- CRadius of the earth
- DAcceleration due to gravity
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
Mass of the satellite
b
(b)$v = \sqrt {\frac{{GM}}{r}} $
(b)$v = \sqrt {\frac{{GM}}{r}} $
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