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Total mechanical energy of a satellite escaping Earth from low orbit at radius R is:Read the answer and worked solution →Conserved, or not conserved?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: conservation under gravityRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the weightlessness explanationRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: weightlessnessRead the answer and worked solution →Kepler's third lawRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every quantity conserved for orbital motionRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: law with what it saysRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Order the reasoning: why an astronaut floatsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: Kepler's lawsRead the answer and worked solution →Which law is being described?Read the answer and worked solution →Orbits and satellitesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every true statement about orbital motionRead the answer and worked solution →Complete Kepler's third lawRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: statement with its subjectRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: orbitsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Total mechanical energy of a satellite escaping Earth from low orbit at radius R is:

  1. Negative
  2. Equal to potential energy at infinity
  3. Zero (at escape velocity)
  4. Positive
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Correct answer: C. Zero (at escape velocity)

Escape velocity is defined as the speed at which total energy (KE + PE) equals zero, the boundary between bound (negative E) and free (positive E) trajectories. **So at escape conditions, total E = 0.**

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Conserved, or not conserved?

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Items
  1. Item
    Angular momentum
    Category
    Conserved
  2. Item
    Total mechanical energy
    Category
    Conserved
  3. Item
    Kinetic plus potential energy
    Category
    Conserved
  4. Item
    Linear momentum
    Category
    Not conserved
  5. Item
    The product of mass and velocity
    Category
    Not conserved
Categories
  1. Item
    Conserved
  2. Item
    Not conserved
Under gravity, angular momentum and total mechanical energy are conserved, but linear momentum is NOT. Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 7 Gravitation.

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True or false: conservation under gravity

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Angular momentum is conserved for motion under gravity.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Total mechanical energy is conserved.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Linear momentum is conserved.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Conservation of angular momentum leads to Kepler's second law.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    That result holds for any central force, not just gravity.
The Points to Ponder list, stated straight or bent. Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 7 Gravitation.

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