A satellite orbits the earth a distance of 1.50 × 107​ ​m above the earth's surface and takes 8.65 hours for each revolution about the earth. The earth's radius is 6.38 × 106​ ​m. The acceleration of this satellite is closest to A) 0.0690 m/s2​ ​ B) 0.870 m/s2​ ​ C) 1.91 m/s2​ ​ D) 2.72 m/s2​ ​ E) 9.80 m/s2​ ​

The moon's period of revolution around the Earth is 27.3 d. How far away is the moon from the surface of the Earth? O A) 1.33× 107 m B) 3.83 × 108 m C) 3.77 × 108 m D) 4.88 × 10⁹ m

A satellite is in a circular orbit about the earth (ME = 5.98 x 1024 kg). The period of the satellite is 1.03 x 104 s. What is the speed at which the satellite travels?

Suppose an asteroid named Sparty has been discovered revolving around the Sun on a circular orbit with radius rs. Calculate the period of Sparty's orbit, in years. DATA for the orbit radii: Earth re 1.50×10¹¹ m; = Sparty rs = 2.75×1011 m; A: 2.482 B: 2.805 C: 3.170 D: 3.582 E: 4.047 OF: 4.574 G: 5.168 H: 5.840 Submit Answer Tries 0/99

A 150-kg satellite is in a 310-km altitude stable circular orbit around earth. What is its orbital kinetic energy? a) 4.46*107 J. b) 4.46*1011 J.                                c) 4.46*109 J. Data: mass of earth = 5.97*1024 kg, radius of earth = 6380 km, G = 6.67*10-11.

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 1024kg radius: 6.37 x 10 m Reference M 3 5 6

A satellite orbits the Earth at a radius of 2.2×10 7 m. What is its orbital period?

A satellite moves in a circular orbit around Earth at a speed of 6.5 km/s. Determine the satellites altitude above the surface of Earth Determine the period of the satellite’s orbit in seconds( take Rᴇ=6.37 X 10⁶ m and Mᴇ=5.98 X 20²⁴ kg)

A satellite is in a circular orbit around the Earth at an altitude of 2.80 x 10^6 m. Find a) the period of the orbit, b) the speed of the satellite, and c) the acceleration of the satellite. (Please explain how you reach your answer)

The astroid belt of our solar system is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. An astronomer is studying an interesting asteroid and has determined that one orbit around the Sun takes it 2.83 years. How far is the asteroid from the Sun? The following constants may be helpful. Earth's distance from the Sun = 1 AU = 1.5 x 1011 m MSun = 2.0 x 1030 kg G = 6.67 x 10-11 N m2 / kg2 1 year = 3.15 x 105 s A)1.5 AU (2.25 x 1011 m) B) 2.0 AU (3.00 x 1011 m) C) 2.5 AU (3.75 x 1011 m) D) 3.2 AU (4.80 x 1011 m) E) 4.8 AU (7.20 x 1011 m)