NK - Where I am

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----- Original Message -----
From: Merrik Viltar Har <Marrock at msn.com>
To: List Northkeep <Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 12:09 AM
Subject: NK - Where I am


> The space shuttle circles the Earth in 89.5 min in an orbit of radius 6.63
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> 10^6m.  What is the shuttle's acceleration?
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> Compare this value with the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's
> surface.
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> If the radius of the Earth is 6.38 x 10^6m, find "n" in the following
> expression...
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> (radius-earth/radius-shuttle)^n = (shuttle acceleration)/gravity
>
> What do you want to bet, n = 2.
>
> M

Should that be volocity not acceleration?

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