a satellite of the earth has a mass of 100kg and its altitude of 2,000,000 m what is the potential energy of the satellite-earth system?
what is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by the earth on the satellite and what is the gravitational force does the satelite exert on the earth?
2007-11-13 13:33:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
There is no such term as potential gravity.
The force is calculated by multiplying the masses of the earth and the satellite, multiply by the gravitational constant G, and divide by the squared distance between the center of the earth and the satellite.
You can find Potential energy by multiplying force that you obtained just now by the distance between earth's center and the satellite.
2007-11-13 13:43:46 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋