Energy required to move a body of mass $m$ from an orbit of radius $2R$ to $3R$ is

  • A
    $\frac{G M m}{12 R^{2}}$
  • B
    $\frac{G M m}{3 R^{2}}$
  • C
    $\frac{ G M m }{8 R }$
  • D
    $\frac{ G M m }{6 R }$

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