Please calculate the acceleration due to gravity of an astronaut on the International Space Station at an altitude of 402 km. (The radius needed is from the center of the Earth.)

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Please calculate the acceleration due to gravity of an astronaut on the International Space Station at an altitude of 402 km. (The radius needed is from the center of the Earth.)

     Clue: The first significant figure in the answer:   8.00 m/s^2
    

 
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