Q. What is the time period for a satellite orbiting close to the surface of earth?
Answer: 84.6 minutes
Notes: In this case, the radius of the orbit will be nearly equal to the radius of earth i.e. 6.4 x 10⁶m. The time period for a satellite orbiting close to the surface of earth is 84.6 minutes.

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