Q. The satellite of mass $m$ revolving in a circular orbit of radius $r$ around the earth has kinetic energy E . Then its angular momentum will be

A) $\sqrt{\frac{E}{{mr}^{2}}}$
B) $\frac{E}{{2mr}^{2}}$
C) $\sqrt{2\ Emr^{2}}$
D) $\sqrt{2\ Emr}$
Explanation

(c) If $m$ is the mass and $v$ is the orbital velocity of the satellite, then kinetic energy.
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ E = \frac{1}{2}{mv}^{2}$
$or\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Em = \frac{1}{2}m^{2}v^{2}$
$or\ \ \ \ \ \ \ m^{2}v^{2} = 2Em$
$or\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ mv = \sqrt{2Em}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ldots.(i)$
$\ $If $r$ is the radius of the orbit of the satellite, then its angular momentum
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ L = mvr$
Using Eq. (i),
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ L = \left( \sqrt{2Em} \right)r = \sqrt{{2Emr}^{2}}$

Dr. Abubacker
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