(II) (a) Show that the total mechanical energy of a satellite (mass m) orbiting at a distance r from the center of the Earth (mass ME) is
if U = 0 at r = ∞. (b) Show that although friction causes the value of E to decrease slowly, kinetic energy must actually increase if the orbit remains a circle.
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