Essential University Physics Volume 1, Loose Leaf Edition (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780135264669
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 17E
Taking Earth’s orbit to be a circle of radius 1.5 × 108 km, determine Earth’s orbital speed in (a) meters per second and (b) miles per second.
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