Question

If the kinetic energy of a satellite is 6×10to power 9 Joule whats it potential energy and total energy?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The kinetic energy of a satellite in a circular orbit is half its gravitational energy and is positive instead of negative. When U and K are combined, their total is half the gravitational potential energy.

The total energy of an circularly orbiting satellite is thus negative, with the potential energy being negative but twice is magnitude of the positive kinetic energy. ... Satellites are always at finite distance from the earth and hence their energies cannot be positive or zero.