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OpenStudy (korosh23):

Physics 12 Gravitation and Circular Motion Question! Two satellites orbit a planet. One of the satellites has an orbital radius of 2.3 x 10^6 m and a period of 7.6 x 10^4 s. The other satellite has an orbital period of 1.3 x 10^5 s. What is the radius of orbit for this second satellite.

OpenStudy (shamim):

I think it will follow capler's law

OpenStudy (shamim):

Capler's third law

OpenStudy (shamim):

T1^2/R1^3=T2^2/R2^3

OpenStudy (shamim):

T1,R1,T2 given

OpenStudy (shamim):

R2=?

OpenStudy (vincent-lyon.fr):

@shamim : Kepler, not Capler ;-) (17th century German mathematician and astronomer)

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