JIPMER 2018
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2018
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Gravitation
JIPMER 2018 · Physics · Gravitation
At what distance (in metre) from the centre of the Moon, the...
At what distance (in metre) from the centre of the Moon, the intensity of gravitational field will be zero? (Take, mass of Earth and Moon as and respectively and the distance between Moon and Earth is .)
Options
- Azero
- B
- C
- D
Correct answer
B.
Step-by-step solution
Let X be the distance of the point from the centre of earth where gravitational intensity is zero. Therefore,
\frac{\mathrm{x}}{3.85 \times 10^8-\mathrm{x}}=\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{M}_{\mathrm{e}}}{\mathrm{M}_{\mathrm{m}}}}=\sqrt{\frac{5.98 \times 10^{24}}{7.35 \times 10^{22}}} \cong 9
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Distance from Moon