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48.    A geo - stationary satellite is orbiting around earth at height of 30,000 km in circular orbit. The radius of the earth is taken as 6000 km. The geo - stationary satellite comes back to its position after one revolution is exactly 24 hours. Let the acceleration due to gravity (g) be 10 m/s2 and mass of satellite be 1000 kg; calculate the work done in 12 hours when moving under gravitational force .

1         3 . 6 π   ×   10 14   J                                                           ( 2 )         2 π   ×   7 . 2 π   ×   10 14   J ( 3 )         1 . 8 π   ×   10 14   J                                                         ( 4 )         Zero   J

          
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Dear student,

A satellite does 0 joule of work.As while revolving in a circular orbit the force of gravity and displacement are always perpendicular.so work done will be,W=Fs(cos90o)=0JOption (4) is correct.Regards

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