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Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December

Chapter 13, Problem 18E

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QUESTION:

Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the ?Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft (mass 629 kg) was 2.87 X 106 km from the earth and traveling at 1.20 X 104 km/h relative to the earth. At this time, what were (a) the spacecraft’s kinetic energy relative to the earth and (b) the potential energy of the earth–spacecraft system?

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QUESTION:

Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the ?Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft (mass 629 kg) was 2.87 X 106 km from the earth and traveling at 1.20 X 104 km/h relative to the earth. At this time, what were (a) the spacecraft’s kinetic energy relative to the earth and (b) the potential energy of the earth–spacecraft system?

ANSWER:

Step 1 of 2 a)K.E = mv 1 2 2 3 2 = 1 × 629 kg × (3.33 × 10 m/s) 2 = 3.49 × 10 J9

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