Gravitational potential energy: Beings on spherical asteroid Π have observed that a large rock is approaching their asteroid in a collision course. At from the center of the asteroid, the rock has a speed of
and later at
it has a speed of
Use energy conservation to find the mass of asteroid Π. You can neglect any effects due to the parent star of the asteroid. (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N ∙ m2/kg2)
A) 4.582 × kg
B) 9.164 × kg
C) 6.112 × kg
D) 4.582 × kg
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