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The final stage of the accretion of the Earth involved a giant impact between the proto-Earth and a Mars-sized object, known as Theia. If the final impact velocity was 10000ms-1 calculate the maximum temperature rise in the Earth if all the heat generated by the giant impact was spread rapidly and uniformly throughout the whole planet. Assume the final mass
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of the Earth is 6 x 10 kg and the mass of Theia 0.1 times that of the Earth. Give your answer to 1 significant figure.
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As far as I can tell the accretion rate is 10 kg y-1

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The increase in temperature of the the earth due to impact of Theia, a massive object. The solution contains the conservation of momentum and the loss in kinetic energy.

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