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] 9 H( Z1 N2 @# j; V- J / G0 n8 \ {+ e. S[Specify units of 'J', 'kJ', 'MJ' or 'GJ' in your answer.]) f$ ^1 i/ Y+ |/ j/ ^9 \
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" H8 A4 i5 R" p/ |. P( ^. C0 J) awhere G is 6.674e-11 Nmkg-2 % ?. i( u1 t0 W w/ R1 v2 ?1 `me is the mass of the planet 5.1e24 kg 6 l6 F: U2 R2 Dm is the mass of the space ship 5.9e4 kg 7 x/ V% A, p% I+ e8 u8 k: X& Or 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