Solved: A doomsday asteroid with a mass of 1.0 X 1010kg

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A doomsday asteroid with a mass of 1.0 X 1010kg ishurtling through space. Unless the asteroids speed ischanged by about 0.20 cm/s, it will collide with Earth andcause tremendous damage. Researchers suggest that a smallspace tug sent to the asteroids surface could exert a gentleconstant force of 2.5 N. For how long must this force act?

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