Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Period · CAP 2016 #Q2
Physics · mechanics
Problem
The Hubble space telescope, having a mass of 11110 kg, is in low-Earth orbit with a semi-major axis of 6924 km. What is its orbital period?
a) 95.6 minutes
b) 3.02×10⁻³ minutes
c) 2.22×10¹² minutes
d) 136 minutes
e) 15.2 minutes