Question

Space explorers discover an 8.7 × 1017 kgasteroid that happens to have a positive charge of 4400 C. They would like to place their 3.3 × 105 kg spaceship in orbit around the asteroid. Interestingly, the solar wind has given their spaceship a charge of -1.2 C.

Part A What speed must their spaceship have to achieve a 9100-km-diameter circular orbit?

Answer 1