earth-like planet has a mass of 5.00×1024 kg and a radius of 6000 km. A satellite of mass 75 kg is orbiting the planet at a distance of 3000 km above the surface. What is the magnitufe of the gravitational force exerted on the satellite by the planet? (We can simplify the Gravitational Constant G to 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg

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An earth-like planet has a mass of 5.00×1024 kg and a radius of 6000 km. A satellite of mass 75 kg is orbiting the planet at a distance of 3000 km above the surface. What is the magnitufe of the gravitational force exerted on the satellite by the planet? (We can simplify the Gravitational Constant G to 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg)

 

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