An artificial satellite revolves around the Earth in a circular orbit of radius 42250 km. Find its speed (in km per second) if it takes 24 hours to revolve around the Earth. . . . N S O 2 0 1 2
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Circumference = 2 × π × r
r = 4 2 2 5 0 then, the circumference is = 8 4 5 0 0 π
V ( K m / h ) = 2 4 8 4 5 0 0 π = ≈ 1 1 0 6 1 . 0 2 4 1 . . .
To convert it to Km/s we need to multiplicate ≈ 1 1 0 6 1 . 0 2 4 1 . . . by 0 . 0 0 0 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 , which will results in ≈ 3 . 0 7 2 . . .