A comet with a 2 km diameter will make a crater about 20 km in diameter. If the comet has a mass of 5.4 × 1012 kg and impacts the surface at 35 km/sec, what is the kinetic energy of the comet in Joules?
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A comet with a 2 km diameter will make a crater about 20 km in diameter. If the comet has a mass of 5.4 × 1012 kg and impacts the surface at 35 km/sec, what is the kinetic energy of the comet in Joules?
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