✕ 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 ✕ 1011 comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud in units of Earth masses? (Note: Earth's
Q: If you saw Comet Halley when the comet was 0.8 AU from Earth and you observed a visible tail 4…
A:
Q: Consider a spherical asteroid with radius 28.2 km and mass of 5.69 x 1018 kg. The acceleration due…
A:
Q: Calculate the average distance of a period comet from the sun if it takes 125 years for the comet to…
A: Concept used: Law of periods for Kepler's orbit is used. The square of time period of revolution…
Q: Which of the following is least reasonable regarding comets? Group of answer choices Short-period…
A: "An ion tail is typically narrow and straight and always trails the comet, like long hair in the…
Q: In July 2005, NASA's "Deep Impact" mission crashed a 372-Rg pro the surface of the comet Temple 1,…
A: Dust, rocks, and ices make up comets, which are leftovers of how the solar system formed. A planet's…
Q: 2GM The asteroid Vesta has a mass of 2.59 x 1020 kg and an average radius of about 263 km (2.63 x 10…
A: Given data The mass of the asteroid is M = 2.59 x 1020 kg. The radius of the asteroid is r = 263…
Q: Assume that a 10-km asteroid hits the earth at about 20 km/s Computer simulations suggest that for…
A: Given: 10 km radius, spherical asteroid hits the earth. The volume of the asteroid=V = 4/3 pi R3 =…
Q: If you saw Comet Halley when the comet was 0.8 AU from Earth and you observed a visible tail 4…
A: For Small-angle approximation The arc length at distance r and angle θ is given by
Q: Approximately how many asteroids that are 0.99 km in radius would it take to make a planet which has…
A: Radius of planet = 6460 km radius of asteroid = 0.99 km
Q: h of the following about comets is TRUE? a. Cometary orbits always lie close to the ecliptic…
A: Comets
Q: The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission reached Comet 67P at the time when the comet…
A: The picture shows a jet emerging from the comet as captured by Rosetta when the comet was at its…
Q: A comet with a 2 km diameter will make a crater about 20 km in diameter. If the comet has a mass of…
A: Mass = 5.4 ×1012kg Velocity = 35 m/s
Q: A comet has a period of 78.8 years and moves in an elliptical orbit in which its perihelion (closest…
A: In this we used Kepler’s law in yr and au unit,
Q: A comet is cruising through the solar system at a velocity of 50,000 km per hour for four hours.…
A: The first kinematical equation is given by, x = ut + (1/2)at2 Where, x is the displacement u is the…
Q: Saturn's density is the lowest of all the planets and is 0.1246 times the density of earth. The mass…
A:
Q: The Chelyabinsk meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere at an 18° angle. What would have happened if it…
A: If the Chelyabinsk meteor penetrates the Earth's atmosphere in the perpendicular direction, then it…
Q: A comet has a period of 81.8 years and moves in an elliptical orbit in which its perihelion (closest…
A: Orbital Period of comet, T = 81.8 years and moves in elliptical orbit Perihelion distance (closest…
Q: The following figure shows six pairs of asteroids, labeled with their relative masses (M) and…
A: Gravitational force of attraction is given be: F = Gm1m2r2 Now we calculate force for all 6 pairs:…
Q: 2GM The asteroid Pallas has a mass of 2.11 x 1020 kg and an average radius of about 256 km (2.56 x…
A:
Q: If the velocity of the solar wind is about 4.0 ✕ 102 km/s and the visible tail of a comet is 8.0 ✕…
A: Using the equation relating velocity, distance and time
Q: We saw that the Oort cloud extends to 50,000 AU. What is the orbital period of a comet with a…
A: Given Data:The semimajor axis of comet is According to the kepler's third law,where, is the orbital…
Q: If you saw Comet Halley when the comet was 0.4 AU from Earth and you observed a visible tail 3…
A: Given Distance = 0.4 AU Angle = 3 degree 1 AU = 1.5×109 km
Q: A comet’s perihelion distance is 1 AU, and its aphelion distance is 15 AU. In the following, we make…
A:
Q: What determines the velocity with which an asteroid impacts Earth?
A:
Q: If you stood on Earth during its formation, during which it captured about 1.6 ✕ 1011 particles per…
A:
Q: If you saw comet Halley when the comet was 0.9 AU from Earth and you observed a visible tail 5…
A:
Q: The asteroid Hygiea has a mass of 8.67 x 1019 kg and an average radius of about 216 km (2.16 x 102…
A:
Q: How much more massive is Jupiter than the Earth? (The mass of Earth is about 5.98 x 1024 kg)
A: Given: The mass of Callisto is 0.001 times the mass of Jupiter. Introduction: The Jupiter mass is…
Q: Imagine that astronomers have just discovered a planet orbiting another star (other than the Sun),…
A: Mass of the planet that is discovered, M=4.2 Jupiter-masses
Q: Assume that a 10-km asteroid hits the earth at about 20 km/s An amount of water equal to about…
A: Given: The velocity of the asteroid hitting the earth: v = 20 km/s = 20000 m/s [1 km = 1000 m] Let…
Q: For the following, determine whether the type of explanation offered is theoretical (the kind used…
A: The given explanation is:No one noticed the comet before because of cloud cover
Q: If the velocity of the solar wind is about 4.0 ✕ 102 km/s and the visible tail of a comet is 3.0 ✕…
A: Given: v=400 km/s d=3×108 km
Q: Suppose we have two comets with the following orbital parameters: Comet 1: Eccentricity = 0.1,…
A: Given that, Comet 1: Eccentricity = 0.1, Semi-major axis(R1) = 0.5 AU Comet 2: Eccentricity = 0.9,…
Q: Rhea orbits Saturn with an average radius of 527,000 km and a period of 4.518 days. Based upon these…
A:
Q: If you saw Comet Halley when the comet was 0.3 AU from Earth and you observed a visible tail 5…
A: Given Data Distance of the Comet Halley from Earth is given as d=0.3 AU=(0.3×1.5×109) km=4.5×108 km…
Q: A lot of asteroid and comet dust collides with Earth's atmosphere everyday. Assume that 500 tons of…
A: Conversion for ton to kilograms is, 1 ton = 907.185 kg
Q: If the velocity of the solar wind is about 4.0 ✕ 102 km/s and the visible tail of a comet is 5.0 ✕…
A:
Q: If you saw Comet Halley when the comet was 0.3 AU from Earth and you observed a visible tail 5…
A:
Q: The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 ✕ 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 ✕ 1011…
A:
Q: There is a cloud of marbles far out in space. The distance from one end of the cloud to the other is…
A: In general , Gravitational force between two bodies mass M and m, separated by a distance r is given…
Q: The mass of an average comets nucleus is about 1.0 x 10^14 kg. If the Oort Cloud contains 20 x 10^11…
A: Mass of the Oort cloud in terms of mass of Earth
Q: ou may enter answers in scientific notation as shown: 1.23 x 10 = 1,23e5 Fill out each quantity for…
A: The quantity for the interaction between the Sun and the Asteroid is as follows:…
Q: A typical comet contains 101¹3 kg of water ice. How many comets would be needed to account for the 2…
A: Asteroids are classified as rocky metallic objects that have a similar composition to a terrestrial…
Q: The asteroid Pallas has a mass of 2.11 x 10^20 kg and an average radius of about 2.6 km (2.56 x 10^2…
A:
Q: Tutorial You observe a comet 0.32 AU from Earth with a tail that is 1.7 degrees long. How long is…
A: GivenYou observe a comet 0.32 AU from Earth with a tail that is 1.7 degrees long. How long is the…
Q: Calculate the Roche radius (in km) for Uranus. The diameter of Uranus is 5.11 ✕ 104 km.
A: Given that- The diameter of Uranus is (D) =5.11*104 km To determine that- Calculate the Roche radius…
Q: At what average distances (in AU) from the Sun would you expect to find Kirkwood gaps where the…
A: Consider by Kepler third law the the relation between the period and the radius a is, P2=a3 Consider…
The mass of an average comet's nucleus is about 1.0 ✕ 1014 kg. If the Oort cloud contains 2.0 ✕ 1011 comet nuclei, what is the mass of the cloud in units of Earth masses? (Note: Earth's mass is 5.97 ✕ 1024 kg.)
________ m
![](/static/compass_v2/shared-icons/check-mark.png)
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps
![Blurred answer](/static/compass_v2/solution-images/blurred-answer.jpg)