A satellite of kg mass is revolving in circular orbit of radius

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Problem

A satellite of

10^3

kg mass is revolving in circular orbit of radius

2R

. If

\frac{10^4 R}{6}\,\text{J}

energy is supplied to the satellite, it would revolve in a new circular orbit of radius : (use

g = 10\text{m/s}^2

R =

radius of earth) (1) 2.5 R (2) 3 R (3) 4 R (4) 6 R