Gravitation/SHM

1.A body is suspended from a spring balance kept in a satellite,when orbit radius =R,reading = W1,when orbit = 2R,reading = W2

then

A)W1=W2
B)W1W2

ans:(a)

2.Suppose a tunnel is dug thru the centre of the earth , and a particle is dropped from a pt at height h from the surface of the earth.Is the motion simple harmonic?

Ans:No, Why?????

and is Torsional pendulum in the syllabus?

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Optimus Prime ·

q.2 it is simple harmonic

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tapanmast Vora ·

1 a

coz T of sprinng is "g" independent

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Kalyan Pilla ·

Answer 1 ---a

Clearly, as the radius of orbit increases, gravitational force reduces.

But at the same time the velocity to orbit also reduces, decreasing the centrifugal force.

So the net force on the object remains constant.

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Vivek ·

what abt q2,why is it not simple harmonic?

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Abhishek Priyam ·

It is oscillatory motion not SHM.

Because for (R+h)>x>R force is constant. for small h or proportional to 1/h2 for large h.. so it is not SHM but oscillatory motion.

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