Greater than is the answer. Pulling an equal force provides no acceleration and no movement. Pulling less than would still cause the object to move to the right.
i think i know what your talking about and if i do then your answer is <u>unreliable</u>.
I believe it is crude birth rate :)
Answer:
Suppose the micrometeoroid weighed 1 g = .001 kg
Suppose also the spacecraft were moving at 18,000 mph (1.5 hrs per rev)
Usually, the smaller particle would be moving but for simplicity suppose that it were stationary wrt the ground
v = 18000 miles / hr * 1500 m/mile / 3600 sec/hr = 7500 m/s
KE = 1/2 * .001 kg * (7500 m)^2 = 28,125 Joules
One can see that 28000 Joules could be damaging amount of energy
B. the reason we must wear seat belts
