Show the nature of the following graph for a satellite orbiting the earth.

(a) KE vs orbital radius R

(b) PE vs orbital radius R

(c) TE vs orbital radius R.

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Explanation- Orbital speed of the satellite vo= G M R

KE of the satellite of mass m, Ek = 1/2mvo2= Gmm/2R              

So kinetic energy is inversely proportional to distance.

b)potential energy of a satellite Ep=-GMm/R

so it is also inv

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