A satellite is in a circular orbit very close to the surface of a spherical planet. The period of the orbit is 2.23 hours. What is density of the planet? Assume that the planet has a uniform density.

Answer 1

The density of the planet can be calculated using the equation:

density = (3 * (period^2) * (G * mass of planet)) / (4 * (pi^2) * (radius of planet)^3)

where G is the gravitational constant (6.67 x 10^-11 m^3 kg^-1 s^-2).

For this problem, we can substitute the given values to get:

density = (3 * (2.23^2) * (6.67 x 10^-11 * mass of planet)) / (4 * (pi^2) * (radius of planet)^3)

Since the mass and radius of the planet are not given, we cannot calculate the density of the planet.