If a 100-Kg Asteroid Collides with Earth,causing the Asteroid to Decelerate

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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? (Earth has a mass of approximately . )

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