A 345 kg satellite is orbiting on a circular orbit 8955 km above the Earth's surface. What is the gravitational acceleration at the location of the satellite? (The mass of the Earth is 5.97×1024 kg, and the radius of the Earth is 6370 km.)?
The numerical value of acceleration due to gravity is at a distance d above the surface of the earth is
we substitute all the values in this equation
This is the acceleration due to gravity.
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