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Assume that a gravitational anomaly in the solar system has shifted a field of asteroids into Earth’s orbit, and the field is no

w moving directly towards Earth. The asteroid field has a density of rho (asteroids/volume), and each asteroid has an average mass of m. The asteroid field stretches over a distance d in Earth’s path. Assume that the Earth moves with a velocity of v, the asteroids with u, and that be the radius of the Earth. The Earth collides with the asteroid field:
Show that the slow-down ∆v of the Earth due to the asteroid collisions is given by:

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Answer:

An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Historically, these terms have been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun.

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