The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station orbiting the earth above the ground. If the radius of the earth is 3,958.8 miles, mass of earth is 5.972 x 10 24 kg, the period of the ISS at the orbit around the earth is 7.84 hours, can you calculate what is the distance from the ISS to the surface of the earth, in unit of miles

8488 miles

Explanation:

The orbital period around an earth is given as:

Where G = constant = 6.67 x 10ˉ¹¹ N m² kgˉ², m = mass of object, T = period taken to round the earth, r = distance from the center of the earth to the orbiting object = radius of earth + orbital altitude.

Given that T = 7.84 hours = 28224 seconds, m = 5.972 x 10²⁴ kg, radius of earth = 3,958.8 miles = 6371071 m

r = radius of earth + distance from the ISS to the surface of the earth

distance from the ISS to the surface of the earth = r - radius of earth

distance from the ISS to the surface of the earth = 20031232.62 meters -  6371071 meters = 13660161.62 meters

distance from the ISS to the surface of the earth = 13660161.62 meters =  8488 miles

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