A space station is in a circular orbit about the earth at an altitude h of 5.0 x 10° km. If station makes onerevolution every 95 min.A. What is the orbital speed?B. What is the centripetal acceleration

Given: The altitude of the station from the earth is 5x102 km. The time taken by the station to…

A space station is in a circular orbit about the earth at an altitude h of 5.0 x 10² km. If station makes one revolution every 95 min. A. What is the orbital speed? B. What is the centripetal acceleration

A space station is in a circular orbit about the earth at an altitude h of 5.0 x 10² km. If station makes one revolution every 95 min. A. What is the orbital speed? B. What is the centripetal acceleration

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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A space station is in a circular orbit about the earth at an altitude h of 5.0 x 10° km. If station makes one
revolution every 95 min.
A. What is the orbital speed?
B. What is the centripetal acceleration

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