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Mars rotates on its axis once every 24.8 hours. What is the altitude of a geosynchronous satellite orbiting Mars.

I have the speed of geosynchronous orbiting Mars. But I cant find the altitude of a geosynchronous satellite orbiting Mars.

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AL2006

You have the answer right there in your hand, but
you're not sure of what you have yet.

If you have the speed, then ...

-- you know how far the satellite travels in 24.8 hours
and
-- you can figure out the radius of the circle that has
that distance for its circumference.

-- That radius is the distance of the satellite from the center of
the planet, when it's revolving once in 24.8 hours at that speed.
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By the way ... I wouldn't exactly call that a 'geo-synchronous' satellite,
because 'geo...' means something related to the Earth.
It would have to be a 'marso-synchronous' satellite, or whatever the
Greek word for Mars is.

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