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 Share with your friends Share 0 Vijay Shankar Yadav answered this Dear Student, We have BE=-GMm2r here M→mass of planet m→mass of setelite r→radius 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 Regards 0 View Full Answer