Assume that the space shuttle orbited Earth at altitudes of around 3.00×105 m. Determine the time T for one orbit of the shuttle about Earth. How many sunrises per day, n, did the astronauts witness?
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The formula for orbital speed is v = √(GM/r), where G is the gravitational constant (6.67 x 10^-11 N(m/kg)^2), M is the mass of the Earth (5.98 x 10^24 kg), and r is the distance from the center of the Earth to the shuttle (which is the radius of the Earth plus Show more…
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