An artificial satellite is placed in a circular orbit of radius around Earth

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

An artificial satellite is placed in a circular orbit of radius

1.5\times10^{5}\,\text{km}

around Earth. The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of

3.84\times10^{5}\,\text{km}

and completes one revolution in

27.3

days. Calculate the period of the satellite in hours.