An earth-like planet with a mass of 8.00×1024 kg has a space station of mass 4.70×104 kg orbiting it at a distance of 3.00×105 km. What is the gravitational potential energy between the space station and the planet? (We can simplify the Gravitational Constant G to 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg)  J

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An earth-like planet with a mass of 8.00×1024 kg has a space station of mass 4.70×104 kg orbiting it at a distance of 3.00×105 km. What is the gravitational potential energy between the space station and the planet? (We can simplify the Gravitational Constant G to 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg)
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