A particle moves under the action of the central force $Kr^4$ with angular momentum $l$. Find the energy for which the motion is circular and find the radius of that circular orbit.
From a previous question I know that $l=mr^2\dot \theta.$ I also know that for motion in polar coordinates the acceleration is given by $a=(\ddot r-r\dot \theta^2)\hat r+(2\dot r \dot \theta + r \ddot \theta) \hat \theta.$
Then using $F=ma$ I get the following:
$$Kr^4=m(\ddot r-r\dot \theta^2)$$
$$ \Rightarrow Kr^4=m\ddot r -mr \dot \theta^2$$
Then using my formula for angular momentum I get $$m \ddot r -\frac{l^2}{mr^3}-Kr^4=0$$
Then multiplying by $\dot r$ gives
$$m\dot r \ddot r -\frac{l^2 \dot r}{mr^3}-Kr^4 \dot r$$
$$\Rightarrow \frac{d}{dt}\bigg(\frac{1}{2}m\dot r^2\bigg)-\frac{l^2}{mr^3}\dot r-Kr^4 \dot r=0$$
Then integrating with respect to $t$ gives
$$\frac{1}{2}m \dot r^2 + \frac{l^2}{2mr^2}-\frac{Kr^5}{5}=E$$
So the effective potential $U(r)$ is given by $$U(r)=\frac{l^2}{2mr^2}-\frac{Kr^5}{5}$$
The orbit will be circular when $U(r)$ is a minimum, so when $$Kr^4=\frac{-l^2}{mr^3}$$ or $$r=\bigg(\frac{-l^2}{Km}\bigg)^{\frac{1}{7}}$$
Is this correct for the radius? This answer really doesn't look right to me.