My instructor never goes over how to do the math problems in astronomy so I was wondering if anyone out there could help me out.
Here's the problem.
A satellite is in circular orbit around the Earth at a distance of 5×Radius of the EARTH from the Earth’s center. What is the speed of this satellite and to express in km/s)?
The Earth's mass is 6.0000000000000000000000000E24 (6 × 10^24) kg, the gravitational constant is 6.7E-11 (6.7 × 10^-11) N·m2/kg2 . The Earth's radius is approximately 6500 km (Be careful of your units.)
I appreciate any help you have for solving this problem. Please list the steps involved if you don't mind.
Here's the problem.
A satellite is in circular orbit around the Earth at a distance of 5×Radius of the EARTH from the Earth’s center. What is the speed of this satellite and to express in km/s)?
The Earth's mass is 6.0000000000000000000000000E24 (6 × 10^24) kg, the gravitational constant is 6.7E-11 (6.7 × 10^-11) N·m2/kg2 . The Earth's radius is approximately 6500 km (Be careful of your units.)
I appreciate any help you have for solving this problem. Please list the steps involved if you don't mind.