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Chapter 28, Problem 98TE
If an asteroid and a comet of equal mass were on a collision course towards Earth, the asteroid would be easier to deflect. Why?
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A NASA satellite has just observed an asteroid that
is on a collision course with the Earth. The asteroid
has an estimated mass, based on its size, of
5 x 10°kg. It is approaching the Earth on a head-
on course with a velocity of 810 m/s relative to the
Earth and is now 4.0x106 km away.
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Suppose an asteroid has a tiny moon orbiting around it
(which does occur). If the moon is 1.1 km wide, is 142
km from the center of the asteroid (which is 36 km in
diameter), and assuming the moon has a circular orbit
around the asteroid of period 36 hours, what is the
mass of the asteroid?
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kg [Note: Use exponential notation
for your answer with a format "9.99E12" for 9.99 x
1012.]
What would the radius of the orbit of the same tiny
moon be if it had an orbital period of 50.9 hours? Give
your answer in km:
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km
What is the density of the asteroid? Recall that density
is mass per unit volume. The volume of the asteroid
can be calculated based on its diameter (assume it is
spherical in shape).
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