A communications satellite with a 24-hour period hovers

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A communications satellite with a 24-hour period hovers over a fixed point on Earth and, to Earth observers, seems motionless. Why is it placed only in an orbit in the plane of Earth’s equator? In your discussion, think of the satellite’s orbit as a ring around Earth.

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