-- We're going to be talking about the satellite's speed. "Velocity" would include its direction at any instant, and in a circular orbit, that's constantly changing.
-- The mass of the satellite makes no difference.
Since the planet's radius is 3.95 x 10⁵m and the satellite is orbiting 4.2 x 10⁶m above the surface, the radius of the orbital path itself is
(3.95 x 10⁵m) + (4.2 x 10⁶m)
= (3.95 x 10⁵m) + (42 x 10⁵m)
= 45.95 x 10⁵ m
The circumference of the orbit is (2 π R) = 91.9 π x 10⁵ m.
The bird completes a revolution every 2.0 hours, so its speed in orbit is
If the moon disapared what affect would this have on earths tides: There would no longer be any tides. The moon is what causes the push and the pull of waves.
