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Basic high school physics... (archive)
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Posted by Dave 330i 5spd SP on January 09, 2001 at 09:47:37:

In Reply to: At what speed must a geo-synchronious satellite(m) posted by Mike 325xi on January 08, 2001 at 11:26:19:

Simply set the force of gravity equal to the
centripetal force and solve for the mass (M) of the planet or star, GxMxm/r^2=mv^2/r. The satellite mass m cancels out from both sides and if you put M on one side and the rest on the other side of thecentripetal force = m v^2 / r.


at 26,000 miles altitude, orbit to keep it constantly over one location on the earth?

Dave...no help from you!! lol!!

I was gonna ask...what if dog was really spelled C-A-T?? But thought that might cause a brain overload...


I haven't been keeping up on my reading. Ask me a question. Preferably science related.





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