What is the period of revolution of an Earth satellite? Ignore the height of the satellite above the surface of the Earth.
Given:
$(1)$ The value of gravitational acceleration $g = 10 \ ms^{-2}$.
$(2)$ Radius of Earth $R_E = 6400 \ km$. Take $\pi = 3.14$.

  • A
    $85$ minutes
  • B
    $156$ minutes
  • C
    $83.73$ minutes
  • D
    $90$ minutes

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