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Homework Statement
A satellite is revolving round the Earth at a height of 600 Km. Find the speed of the
satellite and the time period of the satellite, if the radius of the Earth is 6400 km, and
mass of the Earth = 6*10^24 kg.
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The Attempt at a Solution
Well this is what i thought of till now...
we need to work out the time it takes to get round the earth..
6400/600 = 10.6666 (recurring). so 10 hours?...opps
another look
velocity = distance /time...
is time = timeperiod... I'm confused .. lol help please