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  • challenge question #2

    sands@ucsu.colorado.edu
    Fri, 21 Feb 1997 16:02:21 +0000

    If the satellite goes around the earth every 101 minutes, then
    the satellite is moving 246.53 miles per minute.

    We figured this out by getting the circumference of the earth
    which is 24,900 miles and we divided that by 101 to get the
    answer.

    Travis Rickman
    Joel Perez
    Josh Mendez
    Andre Mata

    Angevine Middle School
    Lafayette, CO