Find the space craft kinetic energy relative to the earth

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Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the Mars Climate Orbiter space craft (mass 629 kilogram) was2.87 x 106 kilometer from the earth and traveling at 1.20 * 104 km/h relative to the earth. At this time, calculate the following.

(a) The space craft kinetic energy relative to the earth

(b) The potential energy of the earth-space craft system

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