Question

You are the pilot of a spaceship (9.1835 × 104 kg) and you enter into elliptical orbit around an uncharted planet, Rosseforp. At periapsis (closest approach to the planet), your ship is 4.5 × 107 m above the surface of the planet; at apoapsis (most distant) it is 2.257×108 m above the surface. The mass of Rosseforp is found by your ship’s equipment to be 1.96×1025 kg, and the period of your ship’s orbit is 83.37 hours

Find the following:i. the semimajor axis of your ship’s orbit,ii. the radius of planet Rosseforp,iii. the eccentricity of your ship’s orbit,iv. the speed of your ship at perihelion and aphelion,

Answer 1

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The orbital period of a satellite that is given as (T) and the mean distance from the central body (R) are connected by the following equation: representing T as the satellite period, R will be represented as the average radius of orbit for the satellite (which is the distance from center of central planet)

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