Scientists have spotted a large space debris orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 13,000 nautical miles above the surface. Given that 1 nautical mile = 1.852 km, the mass of the Earth is 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg, the radius of the Earth is 6370 km, and the gravitational constant G = 6.67 × 10^-11 Nm²/kg², find the speed of the space debris.

• A. 1.31 × 10⁶ m/s
• B. 3.62 × 10³ m/s
• C. 2.07 × 10^-1 m/s
• D. 4.29 × 10^-2 m/s

Answer: (B)