(Please include diagram or drawing) Two clay meteors, each with a mass m, collide in outer space and stick together. This collision occurs at a distance D from the center of the Earth. Following the collision, the combined meteors move towards the Earth. Before the collision: Meteor 1 has a velocity v1. Meteor 2 has a velocity v2. The velocities V1 and v2 are at right angles to each other.           a) Calculate the fraction of kinetic energy lost during the collision of the two meteors. b)  Determine the velocity of the stuck-together meteors just before they crash into the Earth assuming you know the mass and radius of earth. Air resistance can be neglected.

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(Please include diagram or drawing) Two clay meteors, each with a mass m, collide in outer space and stick together.

This collision occurs at a distance D from the center of the Earth. Following the collision, the combined meteors move towards the Earth. Before the collision:

Meteor 1 has a velocity v1. Meteor 2 has a velocity v2. The velocities V1 and v2 are at right angles to each other.          

a) Calculate the fraction of kinetic energy lost during the collision of the two meteors.

b)  Determine the velocity of the stuck-together meteors just before they crash into the Earth assuming you know the mass and radius of earth. Air resistance can be neglected.

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