Auniform solid spherical asteroid with mass12x1013 kg and


A uniform, solid, spherical asteroid with mass1.2x1013 kg and radius 1.0 km isrotating with a period of 5.2 hours. A meteoroid moving in the asteroid's equatorial plane crashes into the equator at 8.8 km/s. It hits at a 58° angle to the vertical and embeds itself at the surface. After the impact the asteroid is rotating in the same direction with a periodof 3.0 hours. Find the meteoroid's mass.

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Physics: Auniform solid spherical asteroid with mass12x1013 kg and
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