Question

An earth satellite travels in a circular orbit at 20,000 mph if the radius of the orbit is 4,300 mi what angular velocity is generated?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.00129rad/s

Explanation:

The angular velocity is expressed as;

v = wr

w is the angular velocity

r is the radius

Given

v =  20,000 mph

r = 4300mi

Get w;

w = v/r

w = 20000* 0.44704/4300*1609.34

w = 8940.8/6,920,162

w = 0.00129rad/s

Hence the angular velocity generated is 0.00129rad/s