A small asteroid of mass m = 1500 kg in a circular orbit around a planet of mass M = 4.0 x 10²⁵ kg. The distance from the asteroid to the planet's center is 3.0 x 10⁹ m. What is the speed of the asteroid in m/s? If you use the universal gravitation constant to compute the answer as G = 6.67x10^-11

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The speed of the asteroid in its circular orbit is given by v GMr where v is the speed of ... View the full answer