What is the true weight of an object in a geostationary satellite that weighed exactly 10.0 N at the North Pole?
The weight of an object is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the center.
Weight at north pole, ![]()
Weight of satellite at equator, ![]()
where h is the distance of the satellite from earth.
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Given,
. Height of the geostationary satellite, ![]()
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