Part A
A man-made satellite of mass 4291 kg is in orbit around the earth, making one revolution in 430 minutes. What is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted on the satellite by the earth?
A man-made satellite of mass 4291 kg is in orbit around the earth, making one revolution in 430 minutes.
Required information A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. It makes one revolution in 8.30 h. Mass of Earth is 5.974 1044 kg. radius of x Earth is 6371 km and Gravitational constant G is 6.674 10-11 N-m2/kg x How high above Earth's surface is the satellite? km
A satellite in Earth orbit has a mass of 97 kg and is at an altitude of 1.94 x 105 m. (Assume that U = 0 as r → 00.) (a) What is the potential energy of the satellite-Earth system? (b) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by the Earth on the satellite? N (c) What force, if any, does the satellite exert on the Earth? (Enter the magnitude of the force, if there is no force...
A satellite in Earth orbit has a mass of 99 kg and is at an altitude of 1.98 X 100 m. (Assume that U = 0 asr →0.) (a) What is the potential energy of the satellite-Earth system? What is the equation for gravitational potential energy when the altitude is comparable to the radius of the Earth? ) (b) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by the Earth on the satellite? (c) What force, if any, does...
A satellite of mass 42.5 kg in geosynchronous orbit at an altitude of 3.58 ✕ 104 km above the Earth's surface remains above the same spot on the Earth. Assume its orbit is circular. Find the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by the Earth on the satellite. Hint: The answer is not 417 N
A satellite of mass m completes one revolution around the earth at a constant speed s and radius r. Which of the following statements are false? The centripetal force is directed towards the center and is nonzero. The net force is directed inwards towards the earth. The satellite is accelerating. The magnitude of the work done by the earth on the satellite is nonzero. All of the above are true.
A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. It makes one revolution in 6.02 hours. How high above Earth's surface is the satellite? What is the satellite's acceleration?
[2pt] A spy satellite is in circular orbit around Earth. It makes one revolution in 5.99 hours. How high above Earth’s surface is the satellite?
A satellite of the Earth has a mass of 120 kg and is at an altitude of 5.00 ✕ 106 m. (a) What is the gravitational potential energy of the satellite-Earth system? ____________________________ J (b) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by the Earth on the satellite? _______________________N (c) What force does the satellite exert on the Earth? ________________________________N
10-3. A 639-kg satellite is in a circular orbit about Earth at a height h = 1.16 x 10^7 m above the Earth’s surface. Find (a) the gravitational force (N) acting on the satellite, (b) the satellite’s speed (m/s) (magnitude of its velocity, not its angular velocity), and (c) the period (h) of its revolution. Caution: The radius of the satellite’s orbit is not just its height above the Earth’s surface. It also includes the radius of the Earth. The...
A satellite travels around Earth in uniform circular motion, at a height of 35,800 km above Earth's atoms. The satellite has a mass of 580 kg. a) what is the gravitational force exerted on the satellite by Earth? b) How fast must the satellite be moving to retain this orbit (relative to the center of Earth)