-- Posted by Sachacohen2 at 6:11 pm on June 7, 2008 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? -- Posted by k1Lka at 6:19 pm on June 7, 2008 head on in relation to what? -- Posted by hithere at 6:22 pm on June 7, 2008 i got 70,000 km for the new radius of circular orbit this is what i used...