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Determine the magnitude of the gravitational acceleration of a 1200 kg satellite in geosynchronous orbit (35,786 km above Earth’s surface). The radius of Earth is 6371 km and its mass is 5.972 x 1024 kg.
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9.8 m/s2
4.8 m/s2
0.0 m/s2
0.22 m/s2
Question 14
A 3 kg box breaks free from a rope at a vertical acceleration of 5 m/s2. What tension broke the rope?
5 m/s2
29.4 N
15 N
44 N
Question 15
A 130.0-kg astronaut pushes on a spacecraft with a force of 250 N in “gravity-free” space. The spacecraft has a total mass of 9.0 x 103 kg. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration of the astronaut during the pushing.
0.52 m/s2
0.028 m/s2
0.0 m/s2
1.9 m/s2
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Mass of satellite = 1200 kg
Radius of earth = 6371 km
Mass of earth = 5.972 ×10²⁴ kg
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