Asked by Xavier

One of the Echo satellites consisted of an inflated spherical aluminum balloon 30 m in diameter and of mass 20 kg. Suppose a meteor having a mass of 9.2 kg passes within 4.4 m of the surface of the satellite. What is the gravitational force on the meteor from the satellite at the closest approach?
Answered by drwls
Duplicate post. See your later post of the same question.