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One proposal for dealing with radioactive waste is to shoot it into the Sun. Suppose a waste canister were dropped from rest, starting in the vicinity of Earth's orbit. At what speed would it hit the Sun?
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The equation is $v = \sqrt{2g_{s}h}$, where $v$ is the speed, $g_{s}$ is the gravitational acceleration of the Sun, and $h$ is the height from which the canister is dropped. Show more…
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