Question

(a) Choose relationship between the gravitational potential energy, Ep and the gravitational potential, V for a body of mass m placed in a gravitational field. and the mass of the

Earth = 5.98 × 1024 kg. Find the radius of orbit A and of B from the centre of the Earth. RA = - RB = (c) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of a satellite in orbit

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