SOLUTION: A satellite is in a circular orbit 225 km above the equator of the earth. How many kilometres must it travel for its longitude to change by 79.2°?
Assume the radius of the earth
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Question 1107769: A satellite is in a circular orbit 225 km above the equator of the earth. How many kilometres must it travel for its longitude to change by 79.2°?
Assume the radius of the earth equals 6400 kilometres.
Round the answer to the whole. Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Satellite is 6625 km above the center of the earth.
The circumference of the orbit is 2*pi*r=41626.10 km
multiply by 79.2/360=9134.62 km or 9135 km
It should be about 1.4 radians, which this is.
