What is the rest mass of the asteroid


A space probe with a rest mass of 8.2*10^7kg and a speed of 0.5c smashes into an asteroid at rest and becomes embedded within it. If the speed of the probe-asteroid system is 0.26c after the collision, what is the rest mass of the asteroid?

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