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Consider an object of mass m orbiting the Earth at a radius r. (a) Find the speed of the o...

Consider an object of mass m orbiting the Earth at a radius r. (a) Find the speed of the object. (b) Show that the total mechanical energy of this object is equal to (?1) times its kinetic energy. (c) Does the result of part (b) apply to an object orbiting the Sun? Explain.

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