Question: Modeled after the two satellites problem (slide 12 in Lecture13, Universal gravity), imagine now if the period of the satellite is exact 46.91 hours,

Modeled after the two satellites problem (slide 12 in Lecture13, Universal gravity), 

Modeled after the two satellites problem (slide 12 in Lecture13, Universal gravity), imagine now if the period of the satellite is exact 46.91 hours, the earth mass is 5.98 x 1024 kg, and the radius of the earth is 3958.8 miles, what is the distance of the satellite from the surface of the earth in MILES? Use G-6.67x 10-11 Nm2/kg. Your answer for this problem is some large number on the order of 105 to 10%. Just put in the raw number as your answer. For example, 34567.11.

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