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The time period of a satellite is 5 hours. If the separation between earth and satellites is increased by 4 times what will be the new time period

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Vignesh Waran by vignesh waran , 23, India

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Fares Salem
Jun 24, 2014

We can get it by using Kepler's third Law..

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Mayank Holmes
May 24, 2014

angular speed of satellite = ( ((GM) / (r) ^ 3) ) ^ (1/2)......and T = ( 2 * pie )/( ( angular speed ) ^ (1/2).... therefore T is directly proportional to ( r ) ^ (3/2)

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