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Law Incorporation [45]
3 years ago
14

Consider a satellite in a circular orbit around the Earth. If it were at an altitude equal to twice the radius of the Earth, 2RE

, how would its speed v relate to the Earth's radius RE, and the magnitude g of the acceleration due to gravity on the Earth's surface?
Physics
2 answers:
Elenna [48]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

v=\sqrt{\frac{gR_E}{2}}

Explanation:

Satellites experiment a force given by Newton's Gravitation Law:

F=\frac{GMm}{r^2}

where M is Earth's mass, m the satellite's mass, r the distance between their gravitational centers and G the gravitational constant.

We also know from Newton's 2nd Law that <em>F=ma, </em>so putting both together we will have:

ma=\frac{GMm}{r^2}

a=\frac{GM}{r^2}

If we are on the surface of the Earth, the acceleration would be g and r=R_E (Earth's radius):

g=\frac{GM}{R_E^2}

Which we will write as:

gR_E^2=GM

If we are on orbit the acceleration is centripetal (a=\frac{v^2}{r}), so we have:

\frac{v^2}{r}=a=\frac{GM}{r^2}=\frac{gR_E^2}{r^2}

v^2=\frac{gR_E^2}{r}

v=\sqrt{\frac{gR_E^2}{r}}

And if this orbit has a radius r=2R_E we have:

v=\sqrt{\frac{gR_E^2}{2R_E}}=\sqrt{\frac{gR_E}{2}}

svp [43]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The relation of speed v with the “RE” and “g” will be

                    v= √((gRE)/2)  

Explanation:

When a satellite is orbiting around the earth, the mathematical relation of its speed v is:

                        v= √((gRE^2)/r)    …….. (i)

Where,

g = gravitational acceleration  

RE = radius of earth  

r = hight from the surface of earth

In the question it is given that,  

                          r = 2RE              ……… (ii)

Putting equation (ii) in (i), we get  

                         v= √((gRE)/2)

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