Question

A proposed communication satellite would revolve around the earth in a circular orbit in the equatorial plane at a height of 35880Km above the earth surface. Find the period of revolution of the satellite. (Take the mass of earth =5.98×10²⁴kg, the radius of the earth 6370km and G=6.6×10–¹¹Nm²/kg2)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Period is 86811.5 seconds.

Explanation:

${ \boxed{ \bf{T {}^{2} = (\frac{4 {\pi}^{2} }{GM}) {r}^{3} }}}$

${ \tt{T {}^{2} = \frac{4 {(3.14)}^{2} }{(6.6 \times {10}^{ - 11} ) \times (5.98 \times {10}^{24} )} \times {((35880\times {10}^{3}) } + (6370 \times {10}^{3} )) {}^{3} }} \\ \\ { \tt{T {}^{2} = 7.54 \times {10}^{9} }} \\ { \tt{T = \sqrt{7.54 \times {10}^{9} } }} \\ { \tt{T = 86811.5 \: seconds}}$