NDiggity
May29-07, 07:19 PM
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
A NASA spaceship is orbiting the moon at an altitude of 111 km. How long does it take the ship to make one orbit around the moon?
This was a question on the test I had today, just wondering if I'm out to lunch or not. So he gave us all the info on the moon on an overhead. I used the mass of the moon 7.36*10^22 kg and the radius 1,737,000m added to the altitude.
2. Relevant equations
I used the equation mp=4π²R³/GT²
3. The attempt at a solution
So I plugged in 7.36*10^22=4π²(1848000)³/6.67*10¯¹¹(T²) and solved for t.
I got with sig figs 7120 seconds or something like that on the test. His numbers might have been slightly different. Did I do this completely wrong?
A NASA spaceship is orbiting the moon at an altitude of 111 km. How long does it take the ship to make one orbit around the moon?
This was a question on the test I had today, just wondering if I'm out to lunch or not. So he gave us all the info on the moon on an overhead. I used the mass of the moon 7.36*10^22 kg and the radius 1,737,000m added to the altitude.
2. Relevant equations
I used the equation mp=4π²R³/GT²
3. The attempt at a solution
So I plugged in 7.36*10^22=4π²(1848000)³/6.67*10¯¹¹(T²) and solved for t.
I got with sig figs 7120 seconds or something like that on the test. His numbers might have been slightly different. Did I do this completely wrong?