SATELLITE PROBLEM

GIVEN:

Diameter of Earth = 8000 miles

Geostationary orbit above Earth = 22,300 miles

QUESTIONS:

1. If you are standing still at the equator, are you moving at all?

YES NO

2. If you are moving, at what speed and direction?

3. Is a geostationary satellite hovering above the equator actually moving? YES NO

4. If the satellite is moving, at what speed and direction?

5. What is the geostationary arc distance of one (1) degree?

ЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕ.

Hints: circumference = 2?(radius); distance = (rate)(time);

Use proportionality

1 mile = 1.6 kilometer; ? = 3.14

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