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Question

-Print |Calcuator bed Purcoic Table Mapd'o A satellite of mass m orbits a planet at a distance R from the center of the planet whose mass is M N the planet's revolution and orbital motion around its star, which of the following represents the total energy of satellite-planet system? A. mgR O Equation A O Equation B O Equation C O Equation D GMm GM GMm 2R What is the physical significance of the sign of the total energy? The sign is positve because energy is always a positve quandty The sign is negative because the satelit-plant system' is a bound system. The sign is negbve because atentes otitis dsed The sign has no physica sign ann earning, in-5 MacBook Pro 3 4 5 9

Explanation / Answer

total energy E = -GMm/2r

so the answer is ---------------- d