MCQ
When a satellite moves around the earth in a certain orbit, the quantity which remains constant is :
- Aangular velocity
- Bkinetic energy
- ✓aerial velocity
- Dpotential energy
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
aerial velocity
c
From Kepler's law aerial velocity remains instant
From Kepler's law aerial velocity remains instant
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