Question

(25 pts) Make a plot of the gravitational magnitude acceleration versus radius for a satellite in Earth orbit. The x-axis should be the orbital radius in units of Earth radii, from Earth's surface, 6,378 km, to 75,000 km. The y-axis should be the computed acceleration in units of m/s2. Be sure to label your plot.

Answer 1

G=6.673*10^-11; Svalue of constant G in N-m2/kg 2 Mearth=5.98*10*24; Mass of earth in kg d=6378:1000: 75000; g- (G*Mearth)/(d*1000)^2;

A B ο D E Graph between g(m/s2) & d(km) 8 6378 9.809645 11378 3.08241 16378 1.487649 21378) 0.873149 26378 0.573507 31378) 0.405296 36378 0.30154 41378) 0.233068 46378 0.185523 51378) 0.151171 56378) 0.125546 61378 0.105925 66378 0.090568 71378 0.078324 76378l 0.068405) Value of g in m/s2 --Series1 12 6378 11378 16378 21.378 26378 31378 36378 41378 46378 51378 56378 61378 η 71378 76378 14 | 16. 15 distance from earth center (d) 17.