Asked by Jayesh
A satellite in orbit around the earth has a period of one hour. An identical satellite is placed in an orbit having a radius that is nine times larger than that of the first satellite. What is the
period of the second satellite?
period of the second satellite?
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Steve 2.0
since the period is proportional to r^(3/2), replacing r with (9r) produces a period 9^(3/2) = 27 times longer.
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