Physics

Problem

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/diraq-contents/question-bank/question-images/346d199d8c14/2025_11_20_928013a02c702487609fg-01.jpg) 4. Two artificial satellites, 1 and 2 , orbit the Earth in circular orbits having radii

R_{1}

and

R_{2}

, respectively, as shown above. If

R_{2}=2 R_{1}

, the accelerations

\mathrm{a}_{2}

and

\mathrm{a}_{1}

of the two satellites are related by which of the following? (A)

\mathrm{a}_{2}=4 \mathrm{a}_{1}

(B)

\mathrm{a}_{2}=2 \mathrm{a}_{1}

(C)

a_{2}=a_{1}

(D)

a_{2}=a_{1} / 2

(E)

a_{2}=a_{1} / 4

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