What is the gravitational force on a 20-kg satellite circling the Earth (radius = 6.4 × 106 m, mass = 6.0 × 1024 kg) with a period of 5.0 h?
A) 88 N
B) 55 N
C) 36 N
D) 98 N
E) 18 N
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