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As it orbits Earth, the 11,000-kg Hubble Space Telescope travels at a speed of 7,900 m/s and is 560,000 m above Earth's surface.
(a) What is its kinetic energy?
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(b) What is its potential energy? (Assume that the Hubble Space Telescope is close enough to Earth that its acceleration due to gravity is
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(b) What is its potential energy? (Assume that the Hubble Space Telescope is close enough to Earth that its acceleration due to gravity is
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Take the potential energy relative to the surface of Earth.)J
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