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  • What do we call a projectile that continually falls aroun...
Multiple choice

What do we call a projectile that continually falls around earth?

  1. A vector

  2. satellite

  3. A scalar quantity

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B Correct answer
Explanation

A satellite is essentially a projectile that is moving fast enough horizontally that its path curves around the Earth at the same rate the Earth curves away from it.

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