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PhysicsGravitationKepler's LawEasy2 minPYQ_2003
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Assertion : The earth is slowing down and as a result the moon is coming nearer to it. Reason : The angular momentum of the earth moon system is not conserved.

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D
Solution:

One of the basic requirement of the existence of all planetary motions is the conservation of angular momentum. If this law is violated, then no gravitational law will be able to explain the behaviour of the planets and the satellites as they do.

Stream:AIIMSSubject:PhysicsTopic:GravitationSubtopic:Kepler's Law
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