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Universal law of gravitation
Question

An artificial satellite of the earth releases a packet. If air resistance is neglected, the point where the packet will hit, will be

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Solution

Just after release , the velocity of the packet will be the same as that of the satellite.Also due to earth's gravitational pull on the packet , the packet has the same radially inward (centripetal) acceleration as that of the satellite. Therefore the packet will continue to move in the same orbit it will never reach the earth.

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