1. (20 pts) A 5.00 x 10² kg satellite is on a geosynchronous orbit where it completes the circular orbit in 23 hours 56

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1. (20 pts) A 5.00 x 10² kg satellite is on a geosynchronous orbit where it completes the circular orbit in 23 hours 56

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1. (20 pts) A 5.00 x 10² kg satellite is on a geosynchronous orbit where it completes the circular orbit in 23 hours 56 minutes. The mass of the Earth is 5.97 x 1024 kg. (Assumptions: Earth is spherically symmetric. Satellite goes in a circular orbit about the center of the Earth.) A. Estimate the distance of the satellite from the center of the Earth. B. What is the kinetic energy and gravitational potential of the satellite?
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