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Homework Statement A ship is in orbit 155 mi. above the earth, (a) what is its velocity? (b) How long will it take the ship to orbit the earth? Homework Equations v=(G*(m/r)).5, (2*PI*r)/T=v The Attempt at a Solution I added 155 mi to 3963 mi and got 4118 mi and that is about...

Thank you very much for your help tiny-tim, I'll work on the problem, and yes, Q is heat loss.

Thank you very much, I am so happy to join the community! We haven't learned much about the conversation of energy in my class; a similar question to this one was my physics quiz, so we should know how to do this one however (so I should have enough knowledge to solve it!). What I do know...

Homework Statement A falling body has a mass of 15 kg over a height of 135 m onto a spring. The spring has a spring constant of 1.95*105N/m. a) How far is the spring compressed? b) At the point where the body's impact on the spring scale the greatest, what is the reading? c) Assuming all...