JEE Syllabus Newton’s Law of gravitation Gravitational Field and Intensity Variation of Acceleration Due to Gravity (g) Solved Problems Subjective Objective Exercise -1 Gravitational Potential Energy Gravitational Potential Binding Energy Escape Velocity Solved Problems Subjective Objective Exercise -2 Motion of Planets Motion of Satellites Kepler’s Second Law Solved Problems Subjective Objective Exercise -3 Answers to Exercise Concepts and formula a glance Assignments Section-| Section-II Answers to AssignmentsJEE Syllabus Newton’s Law of gravitation Gravitational Field and Intensity Variation of Acceleration Due to Gravity (g) Solved Problems Subjective Objective Exercise -1 Gravitational Potential Energy Gravitational Potential Binding Energy Escape Velocity Solved Problems Subjective Objective Exercise -2 Motion of Planets Motion of Satellites Kepler’s Second Law Solved Problems Subjective Objective Exercise -3 Answers to Exercise Concepts and formula a glance Assignments Section-| Section-II Answers to AssignmentsGRAVITATION Syllabus ERASE REA = Universal law of gravitation, Gravitational field, Gravitational potential energy and Gravitational potential, Acceleration due to gravity, Motion of planets and Satellites in circular orbit. SENSES Newton's Law of Gravitation states that “Every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a {force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them’, Consider two bodies A and B of masses m, and ms, ma me attracting each other with forces Fx, (force on A due to B) ae, a8 ‘and Faq (force on B due to A), respectively. Then, Fa =~ Fan and Fas =|Fas| = magnitude of the attractive force =¢ Mame =o Mame & where d is the distance between them. G is a universal constant known as Universal Gravitational Constant. Its value was first measured by Cavendish and is now known to be: G = 6.6726 « 10°" N-m*kg? If F,, Fo, Fs,... are the gravitational forces acting on the particle A due to particles P;, P2, Ps, respectively, then net gravitational force on a particle A due to particles P;, P,..., Pxis given by: PaR eh tothe, This is called principle of superposition. Important points > The gravitational force is an attractive force, > The gravitational force between two particles does not depend on the medium > The gravitational force between two particles is along the straight line joining the particles (called line of centers). IMlustration 1: Three identical particles, equilateral triangle of side mass m placed at (2) the mid-point of a side (0) the centre ofthe triangle, h of mass m, are placed at the three comers of an Find the force exerted by this system on another particle of Solution: (a) Using the principle of superposition Fm Fur Pye Pe When the particle is placed at the mid point of a side (at P), Fe each other. SSS — ~ Fs, and they cance!