Given below are two statements. STATEMENT - 1: If the distance between the Earth and the…
Physics · JEE Main · NTA Exams — Gravitation
Given below are two statements.
STATEMENT - 1: If the distance between the Earth and the Sun were half its present value, the number of days in a year would be 129 days.
STATEMENT - 2: The square of the time period is equal to the cube of the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Use: 1 year = 365 days, \(2^{\frac{3}{2}}=2.83\)
- Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is True; Statement - 2 is a correct explanation for Statement - 1
- Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is True; Statement - 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement - 1
- Statement - 1 is True, Statement - 2 is False
- Statement - 1 is False, Statement - 2 is True
Answer
(D) Statement - 1 is False, Statement - 2 is True
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