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Homework Statement
Communications satellites are placed in a circular orbit where they stay directly over a fixed point on the equator as the Earth rotates. The radius of the Earth is 6.37 x 106m, and the altitude of a geosynchronous orbit is 3.58 x 107m. What are (a) the speed and (b) the magnitude of the acceleration of a satellite in a geosynchronous orbit?
Homework Equations
M (mass of the earth) = 5.98 x 1024
G (gravitational constant) = 6.67 x10-11
GMm = mv2
r2... r
The Attempt at a Solution
I understand the problem and how to get the answer. I just do not understand where the units go on the above formula and where it is derived from.