(a) Suppose you are at the earth's equator and observe a satellite passing directly overhead and moving...

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(a) Suppose you are at the earth's equator and observe a satellite passing directly overhead and moving from west to east in the sky. Exactly 12.0 hours later, you again observe this satellite to be directly overhead. How far above the earth's surface is the satellite's orbit?
(b) You observe another satellite directly overhead and traveling east to west. This satellite is again overboard it 12.0 hours. How far is this satellite's orbit above the surface of the earth?
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Applied Linear Algebra

ISBN: 978-0131473829

1st edition

Authors: Peter J. Olver, Cheri Shakiban

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