Orbital Periods Around Planet · CAP 2002 #17

Physics · mechanics

Problem

Starship Enterprise is in a circular orbit of period 300 minutes around planet Thera at an altitude of 1000 km. A Klingon spaceship then enters another circular orbit around Thera at an altitude of 19000 km. Thera has a radius of 5000 km. The Klingon spaceship circles Thera in (a) 600 minutes. (b) 1200 minutes. (c) 1800 minutes. (d) 2400 minutes.

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