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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 6:33pm.

A satellite has a mass of 5910 kg and is in a circular orbit 4.69 × 105 m above the surface of a planet. The period of the orbit is 2.1 hours. The radius of the planet is 4.44 × 106 m. What would be the true weight of the satellite if it were at rest on the planet’s surface?

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