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A binary star system has two stars, each with the same mass as our sun, separated by 1.0 × 1012 m. A comet is very far away and essentially at rest. Slowly but surely, gravity pulls the comet toward the stars. Suppose the comet travels along a straight line that passes through the midpoint between the two stars. What is the comet’s speed at the midpoint?

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Problem 37P

A binary star system has two stars, each with the same mass as our sun, separated by 1.0 × 1012 m. A comet is very far away and essentially at rest. Slowly but surely, gravity pulls the comet toward the stars. Suppose the comet travels along a straight line that passes through the midpoint between the two stars. What is the comet’s speed at the midpoint?

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In this question, we need to find speed of comet as it travels towards the midpoint of binary star system along a straight line

Data given

Distance between the stars

                        

Mass of each start mass of sun

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