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3 years ago

Two asteroids are 100,000 m apart. One has a mass of 3.5 x 106 kg. If the

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2 answers:

max2010maxim [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

mass of the other asteroid = $4.49*10^9kg\\$

Explanation:

We use the definition for the force between two celestial objects under the action of the gravity they produce using newton's general gravitational constant: $G=6.674*10^{-11} \frac{N*m^2}{kg^2}$

The force between the two asteroids will then be given by:

$F_G=G*\frac{M_1*M_2}{d^2}$

where G is Newton's gravitational constant, the asterioid's masses are M1 and M2 respectively, and d is the distance between them.

We replace the known values in he equation above, and solve for the missing mass:

$F_G=G*\frac{M_1*M_2}{d^2}\\1.05*10^{-4}N=6.674*10^{-11} \frac{N*m^2}{kg^2} \frac{3.5*10^6kg*M_2}{(10^5m)^2} \\1.05*10^{-4}=2.3359*10^{-14} * M_2\\M_2=\frac{1.05*10^{-4}}{2.3359*10^{-14}} =4.49*10^9kg$

Since the units for the given quantities are all in the SI system, our resultant units for the unknown mass of the asteroid will be in kg.

hram777 [196]3 years ago

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Answer:

4.5*10^9

Explanation:

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