Question: When exploring a small planet with a radius of 5 6 9 km and a mass of 6 . 1 8 1 0 2 0

When exploring a small planet with a radius of 569km and a mass of 6.181020kg, a small spacecraft with a mass of 7670kg is placed in an elliptical orbit around it. When the spacecraft is at a distance of 1230km from the center of mass of the small planet, it has an orbital speed of 479m/s
What is the orbital speed, in meters per second, when the spacecraft is at a distance of 9670km from the small planet?

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