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11 January, 06:47

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) orbits 569 km above Earth's surface. If HST has a tangential speed of 7,750 m/s, how long is HST's orbital period? The radius of Earth is 6.38 * 106 m.

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  1. 11 January, 07:04
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    The orbital period will be

    2πr/v

    2*3.14*6949000/7750

    which comes around 5631 seconds

    that's 93.84 minutes
  2. 11 January, 07:15
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    Actually the orbital period will be 5630 seconds ...
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