Question: To circle Earth in low orbit, a satellite must have a speed of about 2.7 x 104 km/h suppose that two such satellites orbit Earth

To circle Earth in low orbit, a satellite must have a speed of about 2.7 x 104 km/h suppose that two such satellites orbit Earth in opposite directions.

(a) What is their relative speed as they pass, according to the classical Galilean velocity transformation equation?

(b) What fractional error do you make in (a) by not using the (correct) relativistic transformation equation?

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