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- AThe orbital velocity of a satellite increases with the radius of the orbit.
- BEscape velocity of a particle from the surface of the earth depends on the speed with which it is fired.
- CThe time period of a satellite does not depend on the radius of the orbit.
- DThe orbital velocity is inversely proportional to the square root of the radius of the orbit.
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