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USAAAO — 2024 First Round
Question 29
After that slight headache, Austin is back at MIT in Boston! For his astronomy research, he is observing the LARES satellite which is a ball of diameter 36.4 cm made out of THA-18N (a tungsten alloy). It orbits at a distance 1450 km from the surface of the Earth and at an inclination of 69.49° relative to the equatorial plane. What is the highest altitude Austin can point his telescope if he wants to observe LARES at its highest latitude?
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USAAAO 2024 First Round, Question 29. Question text, choices, and answer were transcribed from the official USAAAO exam and solutions PDFs.