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The Galilee space probe was launched on its long journey past several planets in 1989, with an ultimate goal of Jupiter. Its power source is 11.0 kg of ²³⁸Pu, a by−product of nuclear weapons plutonium production. Electrical energy is generated thermoelectrically from the heat produced when the 5.59−MeV (particles emitted in each decay crash to a halt inside the plutonium and its shielding. The half−life of ²³⁸Pu is 87.7 years. (a) What was the original activity of the ²³⁸Pu in becquerel? (b) What power was emitted in kilowatts? (c) What power was emitted 12.0 y after launch? You may neglect any extra energy from daughter nuclides and any losses from escaping γ rays.

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