1. Calculate the speed of a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit about the Earth at a height of 4800 km.
Answer: 5.97 X 103 m/s
2. Calculate the period of a satellite orbiting the Moon, 95 km above the Moon’s surface. Ignore effects of the Earth. The radius of the Moon is 1740 km.
Answer: 118 min
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