Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 13 - Gravitation - Problems - Page 381: 43a

Answer

$7.82\ km/s$

Work Step by Step

It is given that the satellite is revolving around earth.Then the gravitational force exerted by earth on moon should be equal to the centripetal force; $F_g = F_c$ $\frac{GM_em}{r}=\frac{mv^2}{r}$ $v^2 =\frac{GM_e}{r}$ $v=\sqrt \frac{GM_e}{r}$ We know that; G is gravitational constant = $6.67\times 10^{-11} N.m^2/kg^2$ $M_e$ is the mass of earth =$5.98\times 10^{24}\ kg$ $r =r_e\ (radius\ of\ earth) + h(altitude\ above\ earth) $ Substituting these values in the formula above: $v =\sqrt \frac{(6.67\times 10^{-11})(5.98\times 10^{24})}{(6.37\times 10^{6}+0.160\times 10^{6})}$ $v =7.82\times 10^{3}\ m/s$ $v =7.82\ km/s$
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