Earths atmosphere is the radial gravitational attraction

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The only force acting on an earth satellite traveling outside of the earth’s atmosphere is the radial gravitational attraction. The moment of this force is zero about the earth’s center taken as a fixed point. Prove that r²? Remains constant for the motion of the satellite.

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