When a satellite is near Earth, its orbital trajectory may trace out a hyperbola, a parabola, or

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When a satellite is near Earth, its orbital trajectory may trace out a hyperbola, a parabola, or an ellipse. The type of trajectory depends on the satellite’s velocity V in meters per second. It will beparabolic if V = hyperbolic if V> elliptical if V <- or VD


where k = 2.82 × 107 is a constant and D is the distance in meters from the satellite to the center of Earth.

When the artificial satellite Explorer IV was at a maximum distance D of 42.5 × 106 m from Earth’s center, it had a velocity V of 2090 m per sec. Determine the shape of its trajectory.

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College Algebra

ISBN: 978-0134697024

12th edition

Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels

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