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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]
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9 f. {- _7 G D( Z# b7 ~so far what I have done is used the equation for GPE$ r* i8 x* I: H# L* [* `
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m is the mass of the space ship 5.9e4 kg
% C( ^) ?- @% V0 _/ c4 {r 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 |
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