Time period of revolution of a nearest satellite around a planet of radius R is T. Period of revolution around another planet, whose radius is 3R but having same density is
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Time period of satellite which is very near to planet
$T = 2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{R^3}{GM}} = 2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{R^3}{G \frac{4}{3} \pi R^3 \rho}}$ $\therefore T \propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{\rho}}$
i.e. time period of nearest satellite does not depends upon the radius of planet, it only depends upon the
density of the planet. In the problem, density is same so time period will be same.
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