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Thanx a lot!When you are relating forces, you use mv^2/r because centripetal F = mv^2/r and Gravitational F = GMm/r^2
When you are relating energies, you use 1/2mv^2 because (K)E = 1/2mv^2 and GPE = -GMm/r (You don't equate the 2 though, usually)