A small natural satellite has a mass of

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Problem

A small natural satellite has a mass of 2.5×1020 kg2.5\times10^{20}\,\text{kg}. (i) Determine the distance from the satellite’s centre at which the gravitational field intensity is 0.10 N kg−10.10\,\text{N\,kg}^{-1}. (ii) If a space probe orbits this satellite in a circular path of radius equal to the distance calculated in part (i), what is the magnitude of the probe’s centripetal acceleration?

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