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Q.

If a satellite is revolving around the earth in a circular orbit in a plane containing earth’s axis of rotation. If the angular speed of satellite is equal to that of earth, find the time in hours that  it takes to move from a point above north pole to a point above the equator.

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answer is 6.

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Detailed Solution

A satellite which rotates with angular speed equal to earth’s rotation has an orbit radius 7Re
and the angular speed of revolution is

ω=2πT=2π86400=7.27×105rads

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When satellite moves from a point above north pole to a point above equator, it traces an

angle π2, this time taken is

t=π/2ω=21600s=6h

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