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Kepler's Third Law
8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation / Kepler's Third Law / Problem 8

A satellite is orbiting a strange space rock at a distance of 3.5 billion km from Earth. The space rock has a mass of 1.5×1014 kg1.5\times 10^{14}\ kg and can be modeled as a sphere with a radius of 2.5×103 m2.5\times 10^3\ m. The satellite orbits at an altitude of 4.0 km above the surface of the space rock. Find the orbital period of the satellite about the space rock.

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