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What are (a) the speed and (b) the period of a 310 kg satellite in an approximately circular orbit 550 km above the surface of Earth?
Suppose the satellite loses mechanical energy at the average rate of 2.3 x 105 J per orbital revolution. Adopting the reasonable
approximation that the satellite's orbit becomes a "circle of slowly diminishing radius," determine the satellite's (c) altitude, (d) speed,
and (e) period at the end of its 1029 th revolution. (f) What is the magnitude of the average retarding force on the satellite? Is angular
momentum around Earth's center conserved for (g) the satellite and (h) the satellite-Earth system (assuming that system is isolated)?
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Transcribed Image Text:What are (a) the speed and (b) the period of a 310 kg satellite in an approximately circular orbit 550 km above the surface of Earth? Suppose the satellite loses mechanical energy at the average rate of 2.3 x 105 J per orbital revolution. Adopting the reasonable approximation that the satellite's orbit becomes a "circle of slowly diminishing radius," determine the satellite's (c) altitude, (d) speed, and (e) period at the end of its 1029 th revolution. (f) What is the magnitude of the average retarding force on the satellite? Is angular momentum around Earth's center conserved for (g) the satellite and (h) the satellite-Earth system (assuming that system is isolated)?
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