Homework Help: Math

Posted by Troy on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 10:32am.

A satellite moving in a circular orbit with respect to the earth's center experiences a gravitational force. If the satellite is put into a new circular orbit of smaller radius, how will the gravitational force and the speed of the satellite change ,if at all?

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