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An asteroid with a mass of 75 kg is travelling in deep space, far away from the the gravitational pull of any large body. It is moving at a speed of uA = 5.0 ms-1, in the positive x direction towards another smaller asteroid B which has a mass of 65 kg - which is stationary. Following the collision the asteroids move at 54° to each other and both at 27° to the original direction with speeds vA and vB. If neither asteroid is spinning prior to or following the collision, sketch the situation described above and label it with all the physical quantities mentioned and distinguish between before and after the collisio

An asteroid with a mass of 75 kg is travelling in deep space, far away from the the gravitational pull of any large body. It is moving at a speed of uA = 5.0 ms-1, in the positive x direction towards another smaller asteroid B which has a mass of 65 kg - which is stationary. Following the collision the asteroids move at 54° to each other and both at 27° to the original direction with speeds vA and vB. If neither asteroid is spinning prior to or following the collision, sketch the situation described above and label it with all the physical quantities mentioned and distinguish between before and after the collisio

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An asteroid with a mass of 75 kg is travelling in deep space, far away from the the gravitational pull of any large body. It is moving at a speed of uA = 5.0 ms-1, in the positive x direction towards another smaller asteroid B which has a mass of 65 kg - which is stationary. Following the collision the asteroids move at 54° to each other and both at 27° to the original direction with speeds vA and vB. If neither asteroid is spinning prior to or following the collision, sketch the situation described above and label it with all the physical quantities mentioned and distinguish between before and after the collision. 

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