A satellite circles the earth in an orbit whose radius is 1.90 times the earth's radius. The earth's mass is 5.98 x 1024 kg, and its radius is 6.38 x 106 m. What is the period of the satellite?

A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. It makes one revolution in 8.90 h. Mass of Earth is 5.974 × 1024 kg, radius of Earth is 6371 km and Gravitational constant G is = 6.674 × 10−11 N·m2/kg2. a. How high above Earth’s surface is the satellite? answer in km b. What is the satellite’s acceleration? answer in m/s^2

Astronomers discover an exoplanet, a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun, that has an orbital period of 1.50 Earth years in a circular orbit around its star, which has a measured mass of 3.80×10^30 kg.Determine the radius ? of the exoplanet's orbit.

A satellite is in a circular orbit about the earth (ME = 5.98 x 1024 kg). The period of the satellite is 1.03 x 104 s. What is the speed at which the satellite travels?

A planet requires 340 (Earth) days to complete its circular orbit around its sun, which has a mass of 7.5 x 1030 kg. What are the planet's (a) orbital radius and (b) orbital speed?

Suppose an asteroid named Sparty has been discovered revolving around the Sun on a circular orbit with radius rs. Calculate the period of Sparty's orbit, in years. DATA for the orbit radii: Earth re 1.50×10¹¹ m; = Sparty rs = 2.75×1011 m; A: 2.482 B: 2.805 C: 3.170 D: 3.582 E: 4.047 OF: 4.574 G: 5.168 H: 5.840 Submit Answer Tries 0/99

Astronomers discover an exoplanet, a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun, that has an orbital period of 3.87 Earth years in a circular orbit around its star, which has a measured mass of 3.77×10^30 kg. Find the radius r of the exoplanet's orbit.

A satellite is launched to orbit the Earth at an altitude of 1.80 x 107 m for use in the Global Positioning System (GPS). Take the mass of the Earth to be 5.97 x 1024 kg and its radius 6.38 x 106 m. (a) What is the orbital period of this GPS satellite? h (b) With what speed does it orbit the Earth? m/s

A satellite has a mass of 6398 kg and is in a circular orbit 4.41 × 105 m above the surface of a planet. The period of the orbit is 1.5 hours. The radius of the planet is 4.58 × 106 m. What would be the true weight of the satellite if it were at rest on the planet’s surface?

The orbit of the moon around the earth is approximately circular, with a mean radius of 3.85 x 108 m. It takes 27.3 days for the moon to complete one revolution around the earth. Find the average orbital speed of the moon.