$A$ spacecraft travels in a straight line from the Earth to the Moon. How will its weight change during this journey?

$Assertion$: Space rockets are usually launched in the equatorial line from west to east.
$Reason$: The acceleration due to gravity is minimum at the equator.

The figure shows the orbit of a planet $P$ around the sun $S.$ $AB$ and $CD$ are the minor and major axes of the ellipse,respectively. If $U$ is the potential energy and $K$ is the kinetic energy of the planet,then $|U| > |K|$ at:

$A$ satellite of mass $m$ is at a distance of $a$ from a star of mass $M$. The speed of the satellite is $u$. Suppose the law of universal gravity is $F = -G \frac{Mm}{r^{2.1}}$ instead of $F = -G \frac{Mm}{r^2}$. Find the speed of the satellite when it is at a distance $b$ from the star.

Two identical particles of mass $1 \, kg$ each go round a circle of radius $R$,under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The angular speed of each particle is:

Take the mean distance of the moon and the sun from the earth to be $0.4 \times 10^6 \, km$ and $150 \times 10^6 \, km$ respectively. Their masses are $8 \times 10^{22} \, kg$ and $2 \times 10^{30} \, kg$ respectively. The radius of the earth is $6400 \, km$. Let $\Delta F_1$ be the difference in the forces exerted by the moon at the nearest and farthest points on the earth and $\Delta F_2$ be the difference in the force exerted by the sun at the nearest and farthest points on the earth. Then,the number closest to $\frac{\Delta F_1}{\Delta F_2}$ is