Question 7
5 points
A meteoroid, heading straight for Earth, has a speed of 14.8 km/s relative to the center of Earth as it crosses our moon's orbit, a distance of $3.84 \times 10^8$ m from the earth's center. What is the meteoroid's speed as it hits the
earth? You can neglect the effects of the moon, Earth's atmosphere, and any motion of the earth. ($G = 6.67 \times 10^{-11} \text{ N} \cdot \text{m}^2/\text{kg}^2$, $M_{earth} = 5.97 \times 10^{24}$ kg)
$\circ$ 32.4 km/s
$\circ$ 87.3 km/s
$\circ$ 18.5 km/s
$\circ$ 21.5 km/s
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