A space vehicle, in circular orbit around the Earth,

Chapter 7, Problem 5MCQ

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Problem 5MCQ

A space vehicle, in circular orbit around the Earth, collides with a small asteroid which ends up in the vehicle’s storage bay. For this collision,

(a) only momentum is conserved.

(b) only kinetic energy is conserved.

(c) both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.

(d) neither momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved.

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