A satellite is orbiting the earth in an ...

A satellite is orbiting the earth in an orbit with a velocity `4 km//s`, then the acceleration due to gravity at that height is (in `ms^(-2)`)

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0.62

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`(v_(h))/(v_(s))=sqrt(R/(R+h)), g_(h)=g(R/(R+h))^(2)`

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