Two satellites $A$ and $B$ of masses $200 \, kg$ and $400 \, kg$ are revolving around the Earth at heights of $600 \, km$ and $1600 \, km$ respectively. If $T_{A}$ and $T_{B}$ are the time periods of $A$ and $B$ respectively,then find the value of $T_{B} - T_{A}$.
[Given: Radius of Earth $R = 6400 \, km$,Mass of Earth $M = 6 \times 10^{24} \, kg$,$G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11} \, Nm^{2}/kg^{2}$]

  • A
    $1.33 \times 10^{3} \, s$
  • B
    $3.33 \times 10^{2} \, s$
  • C
    $4.24 \times 10^{3} \, s$
  • D
    $4.24 \times 10^{2} \, s$

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