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JEE Main 2019Gravitation Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Evening Slot

Question

Two stars of masses 3 1031 kg each, and at distance 2 1011 m rotate in a plane about their common centre of mass O. A meteorite passes through O moving perpendicular to the star’s rotation plane. In order to escape from the gravitational field of this double star, the minimum speed that meteorite should have at O is - (Take Gravitational constant; G = 6.67 10–11 Nm2 kg–2)

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Correct answer
D2.8 105 m/s

Step-by-step explanation

By energy convervation between 0 & .



[M is mass of star m is mass of meteroite)

v m/s

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