Problem 13.47 In 2000, NASA placed a satellite in orbit around an asteroid. Consider a spherical...

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Problem 13.47

In 2000, NASA placed a satellite in orbit around an asteroid. Consider a spherical asteroid with a mass of 1.20×10¹⁶ kg and a radius of 8.90 km .

Part A

What is the speed of a satellite orbiting 5.50 km above the surface?

Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Part B

What is the escape speed from the asteroid?

Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Answer 1

Answer #1

Solution: We know that GM r+h 6.67x101 x1.2x1016 (8.9+5.5)x 10 V7.455m/s 2GM 2x 6.67x10-11x1.2x106 8.9x103 V -13.41m/s

Answer 2

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