Two particles of equal mass $m$ go round a circle of radius $R$ under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of each particle is

  • A
    $v = \frac{1}{{2R}}\,\sqrt {\frac{1}{{Gm}}} $
  • B
    $v = \sqrt {\frac{{Gm}}{{2R}}} $
  • C
    $v = \frac{1}{2}\,\sqrt {\frac{{Gm}}{R}} $
  • D
    $v = \sqrt {\frac{{4Gm}}{{R}}} $

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