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The Hubble Space Telescope orbits Earth 621 km above Earth's surface. What is the period of the telescope's orbit? Give answer with 5 significant figures.
13 years ago

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Jennifer
The period is given by

T = 2 * pi * (r^3/(G*M))^0.5

where T is the period, r is the radius, G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of the earth

convert 621 km to meters
look up the Gravitational constant and the mass of the earth in kg

plug in the numbers, and solve
13 years ago

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