A Certain Spherical Asteroid Has a Mass of 3

question 45

Multiple Choice

A certain spherical asteroid has a mass of 3.5 × 10¹⁶ kg and a radius of 8.8 km.What is the minimum speed needed to escape from the surface of this asteroid? (G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N ∙ m²/kg²)

• A)23 m/s
• B)16 m/s
• C)520 m/s
• D)730 m/s

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that shows data distribution where most measurements are centered around the mean, denoting a predictable pattern of variability.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Sampling Distribution

This is the probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample.

Variance

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.