An artificial satellite revolves around earth in circular orbit of radius r with time period T. The satellite is made to stop in the orbit which makes it fall onto earth. Time of fall of the satellite on to earth is given by

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On stopping the satellite will fall along the radius r of the orbit which can be regarded as a limiting case of an ellipse with semi major axis  $$r2From$$ keplers’s $$3rd$$ law $$T2$$∝$$r3$$⇒T∝$$r32$$⇒$$T1T2=r1r232=$$⇒$$T1T2=r1r1232=232=23=8$$⇒$$T2=T8$$    Time of fall from semi major axes to centre of ellipse $$=$$  $$T22=T28=T28$$×$$88=22T2$$×$$8=2T8$$

An artificial satellite revolves around earth in circular orbit of radius r with time period T. The satellite is made to stop in the orbit which makes it fall onto earth. Time of fall of the satellite on to earth is given by

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