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Question: Calculate the period of a satellite in an orbit just above the Earth's atmosphere (whose thickness may be neglected). Find also the periods for close orbits around the Moon and Jupiter.

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In an attached Word document, the period of orbits of the earth, Sun and Moon are calculated.

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When a satellite orbits a planet just above its surface, the gravitation force on it acts as the centripetal force.
Let the mass of the satellite is m, radius of orbit is equal to the radius of planet is R and mass of the ...

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