Two identical satellites are in orbit about the earth. As the drawing shows, one orbit has a

Question:

Two identical satellites are in orbit about the earth. As the drawing shows, one orbit has a radius r and the other 2r. The centripetal force on the satellite in the larger orbit is ________ as that on the satellite in the smaller orbit.
(a) The same
(b) Twice as great
(c) Four times as great
(d) Half as great
(e) One-fourth as great