Gravitation Question 10
Question 10 - 2024 (31 Jan Shift 2)
The mass of the moon is $1 / 144$ times the mass of a planet and its diameter $1 / 16$ times the diameter of a planet. If the escape velocity on the planet is $v$, the escape velocity on the moon will be:
(1) $\frac{v}{3}$
(2) $\frac{v}{4}$
(3) $\frac{v}{12}$
(4) $\frac{v}{6}$
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Answer: (1)
Solution:
$V _{\text {escape }}=\sqrt{\frac{2 GM}{R}}$
$V _{\text {planet }}=\sqrt{\frac{2 GM}{R}}=V$
$V _{\text {Moon }}=\sqrt{\frac{2 GM \times 16}{144 R}}=\frac{1}{3} \sqrt{\frac{2 GM}{R}}$
$V _{\text {Moon }}=\frac{V _{\text {Planet }}}{3}=\frac{V}{3}$
