A space vehicle approaching a planet has a speed v, when it is very far from the planet. At that moment tangent of its trajectory would miss the centre of the planet by distance R. If the planet has mass M and radius r, what is the smallest value of R in order that the resulting orbit of the space vehicle will just miss the surface of the planet?
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a
rvv2+2GMr12
b
vr1+2GMr
c
rvv2+2GMr
d
2GMvr
answer is A.
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Detailed Solution
From the principle of conserving angular momentum, we have mvR = mv'r[v' = speed when spaceship is just touching the planet] From conserving of energy, we have 12mv2=12mv'2−GMmr. Solving we get R=rvv2+2GMr1/2.