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a satellite is revolving around the sun in a circular orbit with uniform velocity v. if the gravitational force suddenly disappears the velocity of the satellite will be?​

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when gravitational force suddenly disappears, then only centrifugal force will be acting and velocity is tangential to the orbit and hence, the satellite will fly off tangentially with same velocity v.

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