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Elaina Steele

23 November, 04:37

Our moon is 240,000 miles away and takes about 28 days to orbit the earth. How high up (in miles) would a satellite have to be placed if it were to orbit the earth in 12 hours. (This satellite orbits over the same spot on the earth in an equatorial orbit.)

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