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?
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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.
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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