Two spherical bodies of mass … and … & radii … & … respectively are released in free space with initial separation between their centers equal to …. If they attract each other due to gravitational force only, then the distance covered by the smaller body just before collision is

Option C. Let … be the time taken for the two masses to collide and … be the distance travelled by the mass … and … respectively.

Gravitation

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Two spherical bodies of mass

M

and

5M

& radii

R

2R

respectively are released in free space with initial separation between their centers equal to

12R

. If they attract each other due to gravitational force only, then the distance covered by the smaller body just before collision is