How would you go about this question?
Given:
The mass of the satellite is 10 000kg
mass of the earth is 6x10 ^24
distance from the centre of earth to satellite is 581310.94 +6373000
Question: How much work would be required to move the satellite from its altitude to a point where Earth's gravitational field is negligible.
Would you just determine gravitational potential energy and drop the negative? if you do this can you please explain why.
Given:
The mass of the satellite is 10 000kg
mass of the earth is 6x10 ^24
distance from the centre of earth to satellite is 581310.94 +6373000
Question: How much work would be required to move the satellite from its altitude to a point where Earth's gravitational field is negligible.
Would you just determine gravitational potential energy and drop the negative? if you do this can you please explain why.