If a 100-Kg Asteroid Collides with Earth, Causing the Asteroid

question 43

Essay

If a 100-kg asteroid collides with Earth, causing the asteroid to decelerate in one second from 1,000 m/s to 0 m/s, what acceleration will Earth experience according to Newton's third law? (For reference, Earth has a mass of approximately 6 * 10²⁴ kg.)

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