Neet Solved Paper 2015 Question 13

Question: Kepler’s third law states that square of period of revolution (T) of a planet around the sun, is proportional to third power of average distance r between the sun and planet i.e. $ T^{2}=Kr^{3}, $ here K is constant. If the masses of the sun and planet are M and m respectively, then as per Newton’s law of gravitation force of attraction between them is $ F=\frac{GMm}{r^{2}} $ , here G is gravitational constant. The relation between G and K is described as

Options:

A) $ GK=4{{\pi }^{2}} $

B) $ GMK=4{{\pi }^{2}} $

C) $ K=G $

D) $ K=\frac{l}{G} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  • The gravitational force of attraction between the planet and sun provide the centripetal force i.e. $ \frac{GMm}{r^{2}}=\frac{mv^{2}}{r}\Rightarrow v=\sqrt{\frac{GM}{r}} $ The time period of planet will be $ T=\frac{2\pi r}{v} $
    $ \Rightarrow T^{2}=\frac{4{{\pi }^{2}}r^{2}}{\frac{Gm}{r}}=\frac{4{{\pi }^{2}}r^{3}}{GM} $ ?(i) Also from Kepler’s third law $ T^{2}=Kr^{3} $ ?(ii) From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get $ \frac{4{{\pi }^{2}}r^{3}}{GM}=Kr^{3}\Rightarrow GMK=4{{\pi }^{2}} $