GATE AE · 2025 · AE
Question 53: Central force motion
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Question 53
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F and G denote two points on a spacecraft’s orbit around a planet, as indicated in the figure. O is the center of the planet, P is the periapsis, and the angles are as indicated in the figure. If OF = 8000 km, OG = 10000 km,
deg, and
deg, the eccentricity of the spacecraft’s orbit is
(rounded off to two decimal places). 
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2025AE
GATE AE 2025 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Aerospace Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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