In 2000 nasa placed a small 240 kg satellite in orbit 5 km


in 2000, NASA placed a small 240 kg satellite in orbit 5 km above a 10^16 kg spherical asteroid of radius 8.8 km.

a) determine the escape speed v esc (in mph) for the satellite... at the satellite's orbital altitude:

b) calculate the energy needed to increase the satellite's orbit by 1/2 km:

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