Question:
If the law of gravitation, instead of being inverse-square law, becomes an inverse-cube-law
(a) planets will not have elliptic orbits
(b) circular orbits of planets is not possible
(c) projectile motion of a stone thrown by hand on the surface of the earth will be approximately parabolic
(d) there will be no gravitational force inside a spherical shell of uniform density
Solution:
The correct answers are
(a) planets will not have elliptic orbits
(b) circular orbits of planets is not possible
(c) projectile motion of a stone thrown by hand on the surface of the earth will be approximately parabolic