The satellite A is in a circular polar orbit (a circular orbit that intersects the earth's axis of rotation). The radius of the orbit is R. and the magnitude of the satellite's velocity relative to a nonrotating reference frame with its origin at the center of the earth is V. At the instant shown, the satellite is above the equa tor. An observer B on the earth directly below the satellite meas ures its motion using the earth-fixed coordinate system shown. What are the velocity and acceleration of the satellite relative to B's earth-fixed coordinate system? The radius of the earth is RE and the angular velocity of the earth is WE.
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The satellite A is in a circular polar orbit (a circular orbit that intersects the earth's axis of rotation). The radius
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