A group of scientists is trying to launch an object into orbit, and the object is traveling at 6500 m/s. Which best explains why the object will not successfully orbit Earth?

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Joseph Casey · Answer 1 · 2018-01-23T10:23:28+0000

The object would have to achieve a speed of 17,000 miles per hour or about 7,600 meters per second to successfully orbit Earth