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Chapter 11, Problem 45EAP
- Most geologists believe that the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago when a large comet or asteroid struck the earth, throwing up so much dust that the sun was blocked out for a period of many months. Suppose an asteroid with a diameter of 2.0 km and a mass of 1.0 × 1013 kg hits the earth (6.0 × 1024 kg) with an impact speed of 4.0 × 104 m/s.
- What is the earth’s recoil speed after such a collision? (Use a reference frame in which the earth was initially at rest.)
- What percentage is this of the earth’s speed around the sun? The earth orbits the sun at a distance of 1.5 × 1011 m.
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