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A 100-kg spacecraft is in a circular orbit about Earth at
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A 100-kg spacecraft is in a circular orbit about Earth at a height (a) What is the orbital period of the spacecraft? (b) What is the spacecrafts kinetic energy? (c) Express the angular momentum L of the spacecraft about the center of Earth in terms of the kinetic energy K and find the numerical value of L.
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QUESTION:
A 100-kg spacecraft is in a circular orbit about Earth at a height (a) What is the orbital period of the spacecraft? (b) What is the spacecrafts kinetic energy? (c) Express the angular momentum L of the spacecraft about the center of Earth in terms of the kinetic energy K and find the numerical value of L.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 9
Given,
Radius of orbit,
Radius of earth,
Mass of object,
Mass of earth,