A spacecraft orbiting a planet at an altitude of 120 km releases a satellite that falls toward
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A spacecraft orbiting a planet at an altitude of 120 km releases a satellite that falls toward the surface. The planet has a mass of 5.2 x 10^23 kg and a radius of 2800 km. What is the acceleration of the satellite? What is the formula used?
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8th Edition
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell
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