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Uniform Circular Motion & Universal Gravitation

Practice Problem

Two communication satellites of mass m1 = 1200 kg and m2 = 800 kg are in orbit, separated by a center-to-center distance of d = 2.0 x 10^5 m. Calculate the magnitude of the gravitational force between them using Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation (G = 6.674 x 10^-11 N*m^2/kg^2).

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