Many people assume air resistance acting on a moving
Chapter 13, Problem 70(choose chapter or problem)
Many people assume air resistance acting on a moving object will always make the object slow down. It can, however, actually be responsible for making the object speed up. Consider a 100-kg Earth satellite in a circular orbit at an altitude of 200 km. A small force of air resistance makes the satellite drop into a circular orbit with an altitude of 100 km. (a) Calculate the satellites initial speed. (b) Calculate its final speed in this process. (c) Calculate the initial energy of the satelliteEarth system. (d) Calculate the final energy of the system. (e) Show that the system has lost mechanical energy and find the amount of the loss due to friction. (f) What force makes the satellites speed increase? Hint: You will find a free-body diagram useful in explaining your answer
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