A rocket moving around the earth at height “H”, If the gravitational acceleration “g1“ at height “H” is ½ of gravitational acceleration “g“ at earth surface. If Earth radius is ”R”, find “H” using R.

A rocket moving around the earth at height “H”, If the gravitational acceleration “g1“ at height “H” is ½ of gravitational acceleration “g“ at earth surface. If Earth radius is ”R”, find “H” using R.

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“H” is ½ of gravitational acceleration “g“ at earth surface. If Earth radius is ”R”, find “H”
using R.

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