Question

Two satellites A and B are revolving
rounda planet. Their periods ofrevolution
ore 1 hour and 8 hour respectively. The
rodius of orbit of satellite B is 4x10*km.
tind rodius of orbit of satellite A​

Answer 1

Answer:

From Kepler's first law, we know that

T

2

αR

3

Thus, TαR

3/2

T

B

T

A

=

R

B

3/2

R

A

3/2

T

B

=2

3/2

T

A

=79.2hours