Posted by Nicole on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11:51pm.
Isn't "g" constantly -9.8 m/s/s, regardless of height?
that's what i thought but i put 9.8 and -9.8 in and the answer was wrong. so somehow it's different
The effective value of g is inversely proportional to the SQUARE of the distance from the center of the earth.
The radius of the Earth is 6378 km. At 5100 km altitude, you are 11,478 km from the center.
g will lowered by a factor (6378/11478)^2
Credit to "drwl"
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