A satellite of mass 3.00 x 104 kg is placed in orbit
5.00 x 105 m above the surface of Jupiter. Please refer
to the data table for planetary motion included in this lesson.
- Determine the force of gravitational attraction between the
satellite and Jupiter.
- What must be the orbital speed of the satellite?
- What must be the value of the gravitational field constant, g,
at the location of the satellite?
- One of the moons of Jupiter is Europa. It's period of motion is
3.07 x 105 s. What must be the radius of its orbit?
- If a satellite was placed in orbit around Europa at a height of
100.0 km above the surface of Europa, and period of motion was 7.58
x 103 s, what must be the mass of Europa? The radius of
the moon Europa is 1.57 x 106 m.