A Huge Cannon Is Assembled on an Airless Planet Having

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Multiple Choice

A huge cannon is assembled on an airless planet having insignificant axial spin.The planet has a radius of 5.00 × 10⁶ m and a mass of 3.95 × 10²³ kg.The cannon fires a projectile straight up at 2000 m/s.An observation satellite orbits the planet at a height of 1000 km.What is the projectile's speed as it passes the satellite? (G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N ∙ m²/kg²)

• A)1500 m/s
• B)1380 m/s
• C)1610 m/s
• D)1280 m/s

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