A 1500 Kg space probe is orbiting the Earth at a distance of 25000 Km from the Earth's center. The probe is hit head on by a 1000 kg meteor moving at 1000 kph. After the completely inelastic collision, will the meteorite and crumpled probe will fall together into a lower orbit? Find the radius of a new stable orbit for this wreckage.
I got 10000km, is that correct?
Post edited at 6:11 pm on June 7, 2008 by Sachacohen2
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head on in relation to what?
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i got 70,000 km for the new radius of circular orbit
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