NEET Physics Question - Gravitation

Rankers Physics

Topic: Gravitation

Subtopic: Planet and Satellite

For a satellite moving in an orbit around the earth, the ratio of kinetic energy to potential energy is

(2005)

$\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$

$2$

$\sqrt{2}$

Kinetic energy $K = \frac{GMm}{2r}$ and Potential energy $U = -\frac{GMm}{r}$. The ratio of their magnitudes is $|K|/|U| = \frac{1}{2}$.