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A space craft of mass 5.9×104 kg is in orbit around a planet of 5.1×1024 kg. If the planet can be assumed to be a uniform sphere of radius 5.4×106 m and the space ship is orbit a height of 6.9×105 m above the surface what is the gravitational potential energy of the ship? [G=6.674×10-11 Nm2kg-2]
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9 r: l! M* M V) Zso far what I have done is used the equation for GPE% J% I3 z# P2 ^6 M" l q
which is $ G e4 j( Y5 E3 i9 W
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me is the mass of the planet 5.1e24 kg / j/ B/ O% ] p. A
m is the mass of the space ship 5.9e4 kg
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