If you stopped an Earth satellite dead in its
Chapter 4, Problem 91(choose chapter or problem)
If you stopped an Earth satellite dead in its tracksthatis, reduced its tangential velocity to zeroit would simplycrash into Earth. Why, then, dont the communicationsatellites that hover motionless above the samespot on Earth crash into Earth?
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