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 As you have learnt in the text a geostationary satellite orbits the earth at a height of nearly 36,000 km from the surface of the earth. What is the potential due to earth's gravity at the site of this satellite ? (Take the potential energy at infinity to be zero). 
Mass of the earth ` 6.0xx 10^(24(kg)` ,
Radius = 6400 km .

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`-9.4 xx 10^(6)` J/kg
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