Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 12 - Gravity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 410: 31

Answer

$T=7.64h$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required orbital time period as $T=(\frac{2\pi}{\sqrt{GM}})r^{\frac{3}{2}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T=\frac{2\pi}{\sqrt{6.67\times 10^{-11}(0.108\times 5.97\times 10^{24})}}(9378)^{\frac{3}{2}}$ $T=27500\ s$ $T=7.64\ h$
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