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Comet is seen after a long period of time. Why?

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lorasvet [3.4K]2 years ago

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Answer:

Long-period comets have orbital periods longer than 200 years. ... Since it is the sublimation of these volatiles from the nucleus of the comet as it nears the Sun that gives rise to the coma and highly-visible tails, long-period comets have more material with which to put on a show.

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Answer: $8.493(10)^{-3} m/s$

Explanation:

According to the conservation of linear momentum principle, the initial momentum $p_{i}$ (before the collision) must be equal to the final momentum $p_{f}$ (after the collision):

$p_{i}=p_{f}$ (1)

In addition, the initial momentum is:

$p_{i}=m_{1}V_{1}+m_{2}V_{2}$ (2)

Where:

$m_{1}=1.71(10)^{14} kg$ is the mass of the comet

$m_{2}=6.06(10)^{20} kg$ is the mass of the asteroid

$V_{1}=3.01(10)^{4} m/s$ is the velocity of the comet, which is positive

$V_{2}=0 m/s$ is the velocity of the asteroid, since it is at rest

And the final momentum is:

$p_{f}=(m_{1}+m_{2})V_{f}$ (3)

Where:

$V_{f}$ is the final velocity

Then :

$m_{1}V_{1}+m_{2}V_{2}=(m_{1}+m_{2})V_{f}$ (4)

Isolating $V_{f}$ :

$V_{f}=\frac{m_{1}V_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}}$ (5)

$V_{f}=\frac{(1.71(10)^{14} kg)(3.01(10)^{4} m/s)}{1.71(10)^{14} kg+6.06(10)^{20} kg}$

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Answer:

The amplitude of the oscillation is 2.82 cm

Explanation:

Given;

mass of attached block, m = 4.1 kg

energy of the stretched spring, E = 3.8 J

period of oscillation, T = 0.13 s

First, determine the spring constant, k;

$T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{k} }$

where;

T is the period oscillation

m is mass of the spring

k is the spring constant

$T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{k} } \\\\k = \frac{m*4\pi ^2}{T^2} \\\\k = \frac{4.1*4*(3.142^2)}{(0.13^2)} \\\\k = 9580.088 \ N/m\\\\$

Now, determine the amplitude of oscillation, A;

$E = \frac{1}{2} kA^2$

where;

E is the energy of the spring

k is the spring constant

A is the amplitude of the oscillation

$E = \frac{1}{2} kA^2\\\\2E = kA^2\\\\A^2 = \frac{2E}{k} \\\\A = \sqrt{\frac{2E}{k} } \\\\A = \sqrt{\frac{2*3.8}{9580.088} }\\\\A = 0.0282 \ m\\\\A = 2.82 \ cm$

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