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Homework Statement
What is the radius of a circular orbit about the Earth where the acceleration is 0.1g?
Homework Equations
g=9.8m/s^2
F=(Gmm)/r^2
Radius of Earth= 6.38x103 km
Mass of Earth= 5.98x10^24 m/s
The Attempt at a Solution
I said 1/(2^x)=1/10 then did log2(10)=x and solved for x getting 3.3 Earth radiuses. I multiplied that by the radius of the Earth and got 21,000 m. This was obviously the wrong method.