Rankers Physics
Topic: Gravitation
Subtopic: Acceleration Due to Gravity and its variation

The diameter of two planets are in the ratio 4:1 and their mean densities in the ratio 1:2 the acceleration due to gravity on the planets will be in ratio :
1 : 2
2 : 3
2 : 1
4 : 1

Solution:

\[ g=\frac{GM}{R^{2}}= \frac{G\times \rho\frac{4}{3}\pi R^{3}}{R^{2}}=\frac{4G\rho\pi R}{3} \]

\[ \frac{g_{1}}{g_{2}}= \frac{R_{1}.\rho_{1}}{R_{2}.\rho_{2}}= \frac{4\times 1}{1\times 2}= \frac{2}{1} \]

 

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