Gravitational Work and Force Approximation
A spacecraft is 10,000 km from Earth’s center. Over what maximum distance can it travel radially outward for the work done by Earth’s gravity to be calculated with less than 2% error using the constant force approximation?
A
100 km
B
1000 km
C
200 km
D
500 km
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