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Duke's Geosynchronous Satellite

The Duke Communications company wants to put a satellite into a circular geosynchronous orbit over the equator. (Note: this means that the period of the satellite's orbit is one day.) Ignoring perturbations like the moon and the sun, and using $G =
6.67\times10^{-11} \frac{N-m^2}{kg^2}$ and $M_E = 5.98 \times 10^{24}
kg$, find:

a) The radius of such an orbit.

b) The velocity of the satellite in the orbit.



Robert G. Brown 2000-12-09