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JEE Main 202311 AprilEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2023
Date
11 April
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Gravitation

JEE Main 2023 · 11 April · Evening Shift · Physics · Gravitation

A space ship of mass 2 × 10 ^ 4 kg is launched into a circular...

A space ship of mass 2×104kg2 \times {10}^{4}kg is launched into a circular orbit close to the earth surface. The additional velocity to be imparted to the space ship in the orbit to overcome the gravitational pull will be (if g=10ms−2g = 10m{s}^{- 2} and radius of earth =6400km= 6400km ):

Options

  1. A11.2(2−1)kms−111 . 2 ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) km{s}^{- 1}
  2. B8(2−1)kms−18 ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) km{s}^{- 1}
  3. C7.9(2−1)kms−17 . 9 ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) km{s}^{- 1}
  4. D7.4(2−1)kms−17 . 4 ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) km{s}^{- 1}

Correct answer

B. 8(2−1)kms−18 ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) km{s}^{- 1}

Step-by-step solution

The orbital velocity of satellite is

vorb=GMR{v}_{orb} = \sqrt{\dfrac{GM}{R}}

The escape velocity is

vesc=2GMR{v}_{esc} = \sqrt{\dfrac{2GM}{R}}

Hence, the additional velocity required is

\Deltav=vesc−vorb=2GMR−GMR=(2−1)GMR\Deltav = {v}_{esc} - {v}_{orb} = \sqrt{\dfrac{2GM}{R}} - \sqrt{\dfrac{GM}{R}} = ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) \sqrt{\dfrac{GM}{R}}
=(2−1)gR= ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) \sqrt{gR}
=(2−1)10×6400×103= ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) \sqrt{10 \times 6400 \times {10}^{3}}
=8(2−1)kms−1= 8 ( \sqrt{2} - 1 ) km{s}^{- 1}

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