Ten days after it was launched toward mars in december 1998


Question: Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft (mass 629 kg) was 2.87x10^6 km from the earth and traveling at 1.20x10^4 km/hr relative to the earth. At this time, what was the spacecraft's kinetic energy relative to the earth? What was the potential energy of the earth-spacecraft system?

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