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A 1500-Kg Satellite Orbits a Planet in a Circular Orbit

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A 1500-kg satellite orbits a planet in a circular orbit of radius 6.2 × 106 m. What is the angular momentum of the satellite in its orbit around the planet if the satellite completes one orbit every 1.5 × 104 s?


A) 3.9 × 106 kg . m2/s
B) 1.4 × 1014 kg . m2/s
C) 6.2 × 108 kg .m2/s
D) 8.1 × 1011 kg . m2/s
E) 2.4 × 1013 kg . m2/s

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