A space craft of mass 5.9×104 kg is in orbit around a planet of 5.1×1024 kg. If the planet can be assumed to be a uniform sphere of radius 5.4×106 m and the space ship is orbit a height of 6.9×105 m above the surface what is the gravitational potential energy of the ship? [G=6.674×10-11 Nm2kg-2] $ ]( @% S. z4 z ' j$ t @/ f) I Z; g1 v& v[Specify units of 'J', 'kJ', 'MJ' or 'GJ' in your answer.] 9 {- [$ t# w4 [1 p# W6 X% G1 r9 ~; Y( W( a5 s+ E! d
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so far what I have done is used the equation for GPE! J0 `8 q; j. j {9 L& Q2 B+ k
which is ) Q" _- b7 Z0 a) }U = - (G me m) / r, X7 b! N) e% d
1 b* P `% K/ B; [. n
where G is 6.674e-11 Nmkg-24 F5 C' f+ |# ]! G W" ^5 e, u
me is the mass of the planet 5.1e24 kg 6 g; n) s ?6 G; ?
m is the mass of the space ship 5.9e4 kg 5 \2 i" R! M7 h0 p( E/ E* wr is (i think) the radius of the planet (5.4e4 m) added to the height of the space ship is above the planet (6.9e5 m) and then divided it into G me m