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A geostationary satellite orbits the earth at a height of nearly 36000 km. What is the potential due to earth’s gravity at the site of this satellite (take the potential energy at ∞ to be zero). Mass of earth is 6 × 1024 kg, radius of earth is 6400 km.

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U = Potential at height 

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