gravitation + centre of mass..gud 1

two equal masses are situated at separation r0.

One of them is imparted initial velocity v0 = (Gm/r0)^1/2
Treating motion only under mutual graviation, find the ration of max and min separation between the masses

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rahul wadhwani ·

conserve energy and angular momentum u will get your desired result plz try once more

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tapanmast Vora ·

EQUATE th energies....

initial = PE at sep R0 + KE takin the given vel.

Now put v=0 and find the PE to get max sep.

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

The ratio is 1 . Ithe mass is rotate in a circle

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king_khan ·

oye tapanmast ! as a matter of fact, velocity can never be zero for both... !!!!

and the initial separation is NOT the minimum !
think of the centre of mass !!

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Is it 1?

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king_khan ·

no dude ! the other mass is not fixed...

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Asish Mahapatra ·

is it ∞??

cuz ... Vcom = v0/2 (upwards)

hence the particles will dfinitely collide at sum time... hence min. sep = 0 ...

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satan92 ·

it is an easy problem ans=3

heres the method ..(in short)

at extremum distance total sum of both the velocites along the line joining them=0

so let the velocitis along the line be v and v in the same direction

let the velocities be u1 and u2 in the perpendicular direction

conserving angular momentum

u1+u2=v0r0/r
conserving momentum along x direction (no force on comand initial velocity only along y)
and conserving momentum along y direction=mv0

we get

(u12+u22)2=v0[/ss2cos2θ+v02r02/r2

and 2v=v0sinθ

then we conserve energy and theta gets eliminated we get a quadratic in r

the roots are r0 and r0/3 (Dont forget the initial velocity value in terms of Gm etc.)

hence the answer

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satan92 ·

sry that is

v02cos2θ +v02r02/r2

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