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What is the speed of a satellite orbiting the moon given the moon's mass is 7.4x1022 kg and its radius is 1700 km

 Feb 8, 2016
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What is the speed of a satellite orbiting the moon given the moon's mass is 7.4x1022 kg and its radius is 1700 km

 

SQRT{[7.4 X 10^19 X 6.67384 X 10^-17] / [1700 + H]} X 3,600

If height above surface(H)=100 Km

 

Speed=5,963.07... Km/hour

 Feb 8, 2016

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