A spaceship which is 50,000 kilometers from the center of Earth has a mass of 3,000 kilograms. What is the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the spaceship? (The value of G is 6.673 × 10-11 newton meter2/kilogram2. The mass of Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms.
400 NEWTONS _ 478 NEWTONS - 500 NEWTONS- OR 1595 NEWTONS

Question

A spaceship which is 50,000 kilometers from the center of Earth has a mass of 3,000 kilograms. What is the magnitude of the force of gravity acting on the spaceship? (The value of G is 6.673 × 10-11 newton meter2/kilogram2. The mass of Earth is 5.98 × 1024 kilograms.
400 NEWTONS _  478 NEWTONS - 500 NEWTONS- OR 1595 NEWTONS

anonymous · Answer

F = mg, where g = GM/R^2. substitute in the formula to get the answer.