Asked by john
A satellite of the Earth has a mass of 1550 kg. It orbits Earth with a mean radius of orbit of 7.00 x 10^6 m.
a) What is the gravitational potential energy of the satellite with respect to Earth?
a) What is the gravitational potential energy of the satellite with respect to Earth?
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Answered by
john
See I having trouble with this question because I could just used - GM1M2/R but this is respect to Earth. So I have no idea how to set this up.
Answered by
bobpursley
You have te correct formula...r is the distance from the center of the satellite to the center of
Earth.
Earth.
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