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Earth's gravitational force of the attraction vanishes at
6400 km
Infinty
42300 km
1000 km
Value of g increases with the
Increase in mass of the body
Increase in altitude
Decrease in altitude
None of the above
The value of g at the height one Earth's radius above the surface of the Earth is:
2g
1/2 g
1/3 g
1/4 g
The value of g of g on the moon's surface is 1.6 ms-2. What will be the weight of a 100 kg body on the surface of the moon?
100 N
160 N
1000 N
1600 N
The altitude of geostationary orbits in which communication satellites are launched above the surface of the Earth is:
850 km
1000 km
6400 km
42,300 km
The orbital speed of a low orbit satellite is
Zero
$8 ms^{-1}$
$800 ms^{-1}$
$8000 ms^{-1}$