Question: In the year 2 0 7 5 , a Martian society receives its atmospheric data from a satellite that orbits Mars with a speed of

In the year 2075, a Martian society receives its atmospheric data from a satellite that orbits Mars with a speed of 1.79 km/s on a circular path at an altitude of 10000 km. The radius of Mars is 3396 km.
 
 a) Make a sketch of Mars and the satellite, and indicate all forces acting on the satellite. 
 b) Estimate the mass of planet Mars using the orbital information of the satellite. 
 
 
 (=6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg -2) 

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