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A 2640-kg spacecraft is in a circular orbit 2100 km above the surface of Mars. How...

A 2640-kg spacecraft is in a circular orbit 2100 km above the surface of Mars.

How much work must the spacecraft engines perform to move the spacecraft to a circular orbit that is 3830 kmkm above the surface?

Express your answer to three significant figures.

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