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If a satellite of mass M is spinning about its own axis and revolves around the earth in a circular orbit, then it does not have
Answer: D
The satellite does not have vibrational energy.
Treated as a rigid body, the satellite has a moment of inertia, rotational kinetic energy from spinning, angular momentum from both its spin and its orbit, and gravitational potential energy in the Earth's field. A rigid body has no vibrational motion of its parts, so it has no vibrational energy.
Every other option describes a quantity the spinning, orbiting satellite does have.
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