Suppose that atmospheric drag was to slow the International Space Station in its orbit down to 7.7 km/s with respect to the centre of the Earth.  Then the space station would     continue orbiting the Earth with the same period as before     continue orbiting the Earth, but with a longer period     fall out of orbit and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere     continue orbiting the Earth, but with a shorter period

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