Estimate the potential energy of the international space station (mass 370000 kg) relative to Earths surface when

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Estimate the potential energy of the international space station (mass 370000 kg) relative to Earth’s surface when in orbit at a height of 350 km. Compute the velocity of the space station in a circular orbit and compare the kinetic and potential energy.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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