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- AThe time period of $S_{1}$ is four times that of $S_{2}$
- BThe potential energies of earth and satellite in the two cases are equal
- C$S_{1}$ and $S_{2}$ are moving with the same speed
- DThe kinetic energies of the two satellites are equal
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