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The space shuttle A is in an equatorial circular orbit of 371-km altitude and is moving from west to east. Determine the velocity and acceleration which it appears to have to an observer B fixed to and rotating with the earth at the equator as the shuttle passes overhead. Use R = 6378 km for the radius of the earth and use g = 9.814 m/s2. Answers: vrel = km/h arel = m/s2

The space shuttle A is in an equatorial circular orbit of 371-km altitude and is moving from west to east. Determine the velocity and acceleration which it appears to have to an observer B fixed to and rotating with the earth at the equator as the shuttle passes overhead. Use R = 6378 km for the radius of the earth and use g = 9.814 m/s2. Answers: vrel = km/h arel = m/s2

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The space shuttle A is in an equatorial circular orbit of 371 − k m altitude and is moving from west to east. Determine the velocity and acceleration which it appears to have to an observer B fixed to and rotating with the earth at the equator as the shuttle passes overhead. Use R = 6378 k m for the radius of the earth and use g = 9.814 m / s 2 .
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v rel = ( i j + 0 j j k m / h a rel = ( i i + i j ) m / s 2

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