(a) REMARKS Both these results are independent of the mass of the satellite. Not

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(a) REMARKS Both these results are independent of the mass of the satellite. Notice that Earth's mass could be found by substituting the Moon's distance and period into this form of Kepler's third law.

QUESTION If the satellite was placed in an orbit three times farther away, about how long would it take to orbit the Earth once? Answer in days, rounding to one significant figure.

Both these results are independent of the mass of the satellite. Notice that Earth's mass could be found by substituting the Moon's distance and period into this form of Kepler's third law. QUESTION If the satellite was placed in an orbit three times farther away, about how long would it take to orbit the Earth once? Answer in days, rounding to one significant figure.

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(1) Three times farther away than what?

(2) For "orbit", centripetal accel = gravitational accel
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