AP EAPCET 24-Aug-2021 Shift 2 Paper

We know that, the kinetic energy of satellite revolving around a planet of radius of orbit R is
KE=

GMm

2R

where, M= mass of planet,
m= mass of satellite
R= radius of orbit
G= universal gravitational constant.
∴ KE∝

1

R

Hence, KE is inversely proportional to radius of orbit.