True, They contain old stars and posses little gas or dust
See the attached picture:
Part a)
in horizontal direction there is no gravity or no other acceleration
so in horizontal direction the speed of clam will remain same

Part b)
In vertical direction we can use kinematics



part c)
if the speed of crow will be increased then the horizontal speed of the clam will also increase but there is no change in the vertical speed
a. 0.5 T
- The amplitude A of a simple harmonic motion is the maximum displacement of the system with respect to the equilibrium position
- The period T is the time the system takes to complete one oscillation
During a full time period T, the mass on the spring oscillates back and forth, returning to its original position. This means that the total distance covered by the mass during a period T is 4 times the amplitude (4A), because the amplitude is just half the distance between the maximum and the minimum position, and during a time period the mass goes from the maximum to the minimum, and then back to the maximum.
So, the time t that the mass takes to move through a distance of 2 A can be found by using the proportion

and solving for t we find

b. 1.25T
Now we want to know the time t that the mass takes to move through a total distance of 5 A. SInce we know that
- the mass takes a time of 1 T to cover a distance of 4A
we can set the following proportion:

And by solving for t, we find
