Gravitational Potential Energy: Beings on Spherical Asteroid Π Have Observed

question 27

Multiple Choice

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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