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Calculate the energy required to move an earth satellite of mass `10^(3)` kg from a circular orbit of radius 2R to that of radius 3R. Given mass of the earth,`M=5.98xx10^(24)` kg and radius of the earth, `R=6.37xx10^(6)`m.

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`5.02xx10^(9)`J
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