Answer is -5.05 x 10^15 J. How minus sign ? NO LINKS PLZ
a satellite of mass 200kg revolves around a planet of mass 5?10^30 kg. in a circular orbit of radius 6.6?10^6 m. binding energy of satellite ia

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                       We have BE=-GMm2r                 here Mmass of planet mmass of setelite rradius of orbit BE=-6.67×10-11×5×1030×2006.6×106=-5.05×1015JHere we put  negative  sign  which represents this much energy(-5.05×1015J) required to seperate setelite from planet 
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