A 5,000kg satellite is placed in equatorial orbit above Mercury, which has a radius of 2.44 x 10^6 m and a mass MM = 3.29 × 10^23 kg. The mission of the satellite is to observe the Mercurian surface from an altitude of 1.3 x 10^5 m.
What is the orbital period of the satellite? Answer ___ s
What is the orbital speed of the satellite? Answer ___m/s
What is the centripetal force on the satellite?Answer ___N
What is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted on the satellite by Mars?Answer ____N
Here we apply Kepler's third law of planetary motion and Newton's law of gravitation.
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