The International Space Station (ISS) completes one orbit of Earth in 92 minutes.  What is the radius of the orbit in kilometers (km)?    You may assume the orbit is circular.  The mass of the ISS is 420 kg, and the mass of the Earth is 6.0×10246.0×1024kg.  Newton’s gravitational constant is 6.7×10−11N⋅m2kg26.7×10−11kg2N⋅m2​.

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The International Space Station (ISS) completes one orbit of Earth in 92 minutes.  What is the radius of the orbit in kilometers (km)? 

 

You may assume the orbit is circular.  The mass of the ISS is 420 kg, and the mass of the Earth is 6.0×10246.0×1024kg.  Newton’s gravitational constant is 6.7×10−11N⋅m2kg26.7×10−11kg2N⋅m2​.

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