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It follows from Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation that he gravitational force exerted by the Earth on an object above the Earth’s surface varies inversely as the square of its distance from the Earth’s center. Thus, an object’s weight
where
(a) Use this fact and the assumption that the Earth is a sphere of radius 4000 mi to obtain the formula for
(b) Find a formula for the weight
(c) How much work is required to lift the satellite from the surface of the Earth to an orbital position that is
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