What Will Be The Acceleration Due To Gravity On The Surface Of The Moon If Its Radius Were (1/4)th The Radius Of Earth And Its Mass (1/80)th The Mass Of Earth? What Will Be The Escape Velocity On The Surface Of Moon If It Is 11.2 Km/s On The Surface Of The Earth? (Given That g = 9.8 M/s2)

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Question

What will be the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon if its radius were (1/4)th the radius of earth and its mass (1/80)th the mass of earth? What will be the escape velocity on the surface of moon if it is 11.2 km/s on the surface of the earth? (Given that g = 9.8 m/s2)

Solution

Correct option is

 

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Furthermore as escape velocity 

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