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As measured by an observer on the earth, would there be any difference in the periods of two satellites, each in a circular orbit near the earth in an equatorial plane, but one moving eastward and the other westward?

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Yes the one moving west ward will see satellite earlier.It is due to the angular speed of the earth.

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