A weather sotellite of mass 10^3 kg orbits the earth into a circular orbit 300 km above the earth's surface, find its
orbital speed and period of revolution. (given, radius of earth
6380km, mass of earth = 5.97 x 1024 kg and G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nmkg)
solution:
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