Ten days after it was launched toward mars in december 1998


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Question: Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft (mass 629 kg) was 2.87 x 106 km from the earth and traveling at 1.20 x 104 km/h relative to the earth. At this time, what were the following-

(a) The spacecraft's kinetic energy relative to the earth.

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(b) The potential energy of the earth-spacecraft system.

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