An engineer wants a satellite to orbit the earth with a period of 20 hours. You may enter answers in scientific notation as shown: 1.23 x 10³-1.235 At what orbital radius must the satellite orbit? m How far is this location above the earth's surface? m At what speed must the satellite travel to maintain the orbit? m/s

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An engineer wants a satellite to orbit the earth with a period of 20 hours.
You may enter answers in scientific notation as shown: 1.23 x 105 = 1.23e5
At what orbital radius must the satellite orbit?
m
How far is this location above the earth's surface?
m
At what speed must the satellite travel to maintain the orbit?
m/s
earth data
mass: 5.97 x 1024 kg
radius: 6.37 x 10 m
Reference
M
3
5
6
Transcribed Image Text:An engineer wants a satellite to orbit the earth with a period of 20 hours. You may enter answers in scientific notation as shown: 1.23 x 105 = 1.23e5 At what orbital radius must the satellite orbit? m How far is this location above the earth's surface? m At what speed must the satellite travel to maintain the orbit? m/s earth data mass: 5.97 x 1024 kg radius: 6.37 x 10 m Reference M 3 5 6
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