Answer the following : An artificial satellite orbitting the earth in very thin atmosphere loses its energy gradually due to dissipation against atmospheric resistance, however small. Why then does its speed increase progressively as it comes closer and closer to the earth?

Answer the following : An artificial satellite orbitting the earth in

1.	Answer the following : An artificial satellite orbitting the earth in very thin atmosphere loses its energy gradually due to dissipation against atmospheric resistance, however small. Why then does its speed increase progressively as it comes closer and closer to the earth?
Answer» SOLUTION :K.E. INCREASES, but P.E. DECREASES, and the sum decreases due to DISSIPATION against FRICTION.