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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]3 I/ O6 V7 p1 B% W- M
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me is the mass of the planet 5.1e24 kg
8 R5 K% R: W5 U' }+ ~6 Nm is the mass of the space ship 5.9e4 kg - v+ M4 ?. K7 ?5 I6 i0 A
r is (i think) the radius of the planet (5.4e4 m) added to the height of the space ship is above the planet (6.9e5 m) and then divided it into G me m |
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