Try Yourself 3 The period of revolution of a satellite in an

Last updated: 6/14/2023

Try Yourself 3 The period of revolution of a satellite in an orbit of radius 2R is T What will be its period of revolution in an orbit of radius 8R Hint By Kepler s third law The radius of the nearly circular orbit of mercury is 5 8 x 1010 m and its orbital period is 88 days If a hypothetical planet has an orbital period of 55 days what is the radius of its circular orbit Hint By Kepler s third law SAL LAW OF GRAVITATION orically it was the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei 1564 1642 who recognized the all bodies irrespective of their masses are accelerated towards earth with a constant acceleration