Determining the radius of the planet


A satellite 50 kg consists of a circular orbit having a period of 2.2 h and a radius of around 6.2 × 106 m around a planet of unknown mass. When the magnitude of the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the planet is around 7.1 m/s2, determine the radius of the planet?

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