A space ship orbits around a planet at a height of
from its surface. Assuming that only gravitational field of the planet acts on the spaceship, what will be the number of complete revolutions made by the spaceship in
hours around the planet? [Given: Mass of Planet
, Radius of planet
, Gravitational constant
]
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Time period of revolution of satellite,



Substituting the values, we get



revolutions.
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