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A geostationary satellite orbits around the earth surface in a circular orbit of radius 36,000 km. then, he time period of a spy satellite orbiting seventeen hundred kilometers above the earth's surface `(R_e= 6400 km)` will approximately be

A

`1/2h`

B

1h

C

2h

D

4h

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