Calculate speed of meteoroids given initial conditions
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Two meteoroids are heading for earth. Their speeds as they cross the moon's orbit are 2.0 km/s. The second misses the earth by 5000 km. What is its speed at its closest point?
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Using conservation of energy we calculate the speed of meteoroids when they are at 5000 km from Earth using the given initial speed when they cross the Moon's orbit.
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Use conservation of energy. The potential energy, denoted as W(r) is:
W(r) = -G M m/r,
where M is the mass of the Earth, m is the mass of the ...
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