Deep Impact Mission. In July 2005, NASAs Deep Impact

Chapter 8, Problem 8.35

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Deep Impact Mission. In July 2005, NASAs Deep Impact mission crashed a 372-kg probe directly onto the surface of the comet Tempel 1, hitting the surface at The original speed of the comet at that time was about and its mass was estimated to be in the range Use the smallest value of the estimated mass. (a) What change in the comets velocity did this collision produce? Would this change be noticeable? (b) Suppose this comet were to hit the earth and fuse with it. By how much would it change our planets velocity? Would this change be noticeable? (The mass of the earth is )

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