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An average-sized asteroid located 3.0 ✕ 107 km from the center of Earth with mass 9.0 ✕ 1013 kg is detected headed directly toward Earth with speed of 9.0 km/s. (You may ignore the size of the asteroid.)
(a)
What will be the kinetic energy (in J) of the asteroid just before it hits Earth?
= .......? J
(b)
Compare this energy to the output of the largest fission bomb, 2,100 TJ.
Easteroid |
Ebomb |
= ........
What impact would this have on Earth?