Four weather satellites are orbiting the Earth at a height of 825 kilometers. Some characteristics of the satellites are shown in the table below. Upon which satellite does the Earth's gravity exert the greatest force?

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Carissa

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12 July, 16:42

Four weather satellites are orbiting the Earth at a height of 825 kilometers. Some characteristics of the satellites are shown in the table below. Upon which satellite does the Earth's gravity exert the greatest force?

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Lena Franco · Answer 1

The satellite to which the Earth's gravity exert the greatest force is:

The fourth.

Explanation:

The reason behind this is that in the first place there is no correlation between gravity force and length of an object. In the second place, the distance between all o them and the earth is the same. Now in the third place, the mass of the fourth Satelite is bigger than the rest, therefore it is the one that is dragged to the earth's gravity with a stronger pull because with bigger mass bigger gravity force.