A comet fragment of mass 1.96 × 10 13 kg is moving at 6.50 × 10 4 m/s when it crashes into Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. The mass of Callisto is 1.08 × 10 23 kg. The collision is completely inelastic. -Assuming for this calculation that Callisto's initial momentum is zero kg . m/s, what is the recoil speed of Callisto immediately after the collision? A)3.34 × 10^-¹⁸ m/s B)1.27 × 10^-¹⁴ m/s C)3.58 × 10^-¹² m/s D)6.13 × 10^-⁷ m/s E)1.18 × 10^-⁵ m/s

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The Answer of A comet fragment of mass 1.96 × 10 13 kg is moving at 6.50 × 10 4 m/s when it crashes into Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. The mass of Callisto is 1.08 × 10 23 kg. The collision is completely inelastic. -Assuming for this calculation that Callisto's initial momentum is zero kg . m/s, what is the recoil speed of Callisto immediately after the collision? A)3.34 × 10^-¹⁸ m/s B)1.27 × 10^-¹⁴ m/s C)3.58 × 10^-¹² m/s D)6.13 × 10^-⁷ m/s E)1.18 × 10^-⁵ m/s

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