Asatellite with mass 500 kg is placed in a circular orbit about earth (mass= 5.98 x 10^24 kg), radius = (6.4 x 10^6), a distance of 1500 km above the surface. (a) what is the force gravity acting on satellite? (b) what is the satellite’s acceleration? (c) what is the satellite’s orbital speed?

Explanation:

a) F = GmM / r²

F = (6.67×10⁻¹¹) (500) (5.98×10²⁴) / (6.4×10⁶ + 1.5×10⁶)²

F = 3200 N

b) F = ma

3200 = 500a

a = 6.4 m/s²

c) a = v² / r

640 = v² / (6.4×10⁶ + 1.5×10⁶)

v = 7100 m/s

note: the given question is incomplete.

complete question is given below.

which is an example of kinetic energy?

a. the energy stored in ethanol  

b. a hockey puck sliding across the ice  

c. a compressed spring  

d. a ball sitting at the top of a ramp

solution: the kinetic energy is the energy posses by the virtue of the motion of the object.

in the given options, a, c and d are the example of potential energy because it is the energy posses by the virtue of the rest of the object. but option b has the kinetic energy as the object is in motion.

hence, a hockey puck sliding across the ice   is the apex example of kinetic energy.

so, the option (b) a hockey puck sliding across the ice   is the correct option.