A spacecraft of 100 kg mass is in a circular orbit about the earth at a height
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A spacecraft of 100 kg mass is in a circular orbit about the earth at a height h = 2RE.
(a) What is the period of the spacecraft’s orbit about the earth?
(b) What is the spacecraft’s kinetic energy?
(c) Express the angular momentum L of the spacecraft about the earth in terms of its kinetic energy K and find its numerical value.
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