What is the period of a satellite circling Mars 100 km above the planet's surface? The mass of Mars is 6.42 × 1023 kg, its radius is 3.40 × 106 m, and G = 6.67 × 10-11 m3/kg/s2
A)
1.75 hours
B)
1.25 hours
C)
1.15 hours
D)
1.00 hours
E)
1.45 hours
A
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