Gravitational Force Between Point Masses
 

Gravitational Force Between Point Masses problem 14


The Earth may be considered to be a uniform sphere of radius equal to . A satellite is in a geostationary orbit. Show that the radius of the geostationary orbit is given by the expression:




where is the acceleration of free fall at the Earth's surface and is the angular speed of the satellite about the center of the Earth. Determine the radius of the geostationary orbit.


 

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