The absence of external force in the outer space, allows the piece of rock to continue moving at the same velocity for thousands of years.
<h3>Absence of external force on the outer space</h3>
The outer space is almost an absolute vacuum, because it's nearly empty. There is no matter such as air in the outer space that will provide an external force needed to change the velocity of the piece of rock.
From Newton's first law of motion, an object in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, will continue in that state unless it is acted upon by an external force.
Thus, the absence of external force in the outer space, allows the piece of rock to continue moving at the same velocity for thousands of years.
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C . plate a is negatively charged and plate b is positively charged
The amount of heat given by the water to the block of ice can be calculated by using

where

is the mass of the water

is the specific heat capacity of water

is the variation of temperature of the water.
Using these numbers, we find

This is the amount of heat released by the water, but this is exactly equal to the amount of heat absorbed by the ice, used to melt it into water according to the formula:

where

is the mass of the ice while

is the specific latent heat of fusion of the ice.
Re-arranging this formula and using the heat Q that we found previously, we can calculate the mass of the ice: