Problem 1 ysterious new planet has a radius of R = 6750 kilometers (km) and a mass of M = 2.75×1024 ograms (kg). In order to take pictures of the surface of the planet, you launch a satellite into a neular orbit at an altitude of h = 850 km above the surface of the planet. The universal ravitational constant is G=6.67×10-11 N m2 kg 2. (a) What is the speed of the orbit, in kilometers per second (km/s)?

Problem 1 ysterious new planet has a radius of R = 6750 kilometers (km) and a mass of M = 2.75×1024 ograms (kg). In order to take pictures of the surface of the planet, you launch a satellite into a neular orbit at an altitude of h = 850 km above the surface of the planet. The universal ravitational constant is G=6.67×10-11 N m2 kg 2. (a) What is the speed of the orbit, in kilometers per second (km/s)?

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