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### Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Book edition 4th
Author(s) Randall D. Knight
Pages 1240 pages
ISBN 9780133942651

# Most geologists believe that the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago when a large comet or asteroid struck the earth, throwing up so much dust that the sun was blocked out for a period of many months. Suppose an asteroid with a diameter of 2.0 km and a mass of hits the earth with an impact speed of .a. What is the earth’s recoil speed after such a collision? (Use a reference frame in which the earth was initially at rest.) b. What percentage is this of the earth’s speed around the sun? The earth orbits the sun at a distance of .

Part (a). The earth’s recoil speed after collision is

Part (b). Percentage of the recoil speed with the speed of the earth around sun is

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## Step 1. Given Information is:Diameter of the asteroid = 2 kmMass of the asteroid = Mass of the earth = Impact speed = Earth orbits the sun at a distance of

We need to find out :

a) The earth’s recoil speed after collision

b) Comparison of it with earth's speed around the sun.

We know that,