SOLUTION: The radius of Earth is 6,371 kilometers. A space shuttle orbits 315 kilometers above the surface of Earth. The space shuttle completes 240° of a revolution around Earth in one hour
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Question 690873: The radius of Earth is 6,371 kilometers. A space shuttle orbits 315 kilometers above the surface of Earth. The space shuttle completes 240° of a revolution around Earth in one hour. What is the average speed of the space shuttle?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The radius of Earth is 6,371 kilometers.
A space shuttle orbits 315 kilometers above the surface of Earth.
Find the circumference equal to the shuttle's path
C = 2*pi*(6371+315)
C = 42,009.4 km
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The space shuttle completes 240° of a revolution around Earth in one hour
* 42009.4 = 28,006.25 km/hr is the speed of the shuttle
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