MO-6 The Meteor Crater in Arizona is about 1,200m wide and 200m deep. It is believed to have been formed 20,000 years ago when a meteor with a mass of 5.0x10"kg moving at 7.2km/s collided and merged with the earth. If the earth had been at rest prior to the collision, what would the speed of the earth have been after this collision? The mass of the earth is 5.98x10"kg.
MO-6 The Meteor Crater in Arizona is about 1,200m wide and 200m deep. It is believed to have been formed 20,000 years ago when a meteor with a mass of 5.0x10"kg moving at 7.2km/s collided and merged with the earth. If the earth had been at rest prior to the collision, what would the speed of the earth have been after this collision? The mass of the earth is 5.98x10"kg.
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![MO-6 The Meteor Crater in Arizona is about 1,200m wide and 200m deep. It is believed to have been formed
20,000 years ago when a meteor with a mass of 5.0x10"kg moving at 7.2km/s collided and merged with
the earth. If the earth had been at rest prior to the collision, what would the speed of the earth have been
after this collision? The mass of the earth is 5.98x10"kg.
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Transcribed Image Text:MO-6 The Meteor Crater in Arizona is about 1,200m wide and 200m deep. It is believed to have been formed
20,000 years ago when a meteor with a mass of 5.0x10"kg moving at 7.2km/s collided and merged with
the earth. If the earth had been at rest prior to the collision, what would the speed of the earth have been
after this collision? The mass of the earth is 5.98x10"kg.
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