10. Conservation of Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
2PRACTICE PROBLEM
In a two-star system, two stars of equal mass are separated by a distance of 1.5 × 10¹² m. An asteroid is approaching the stars with negligible speed. What will be its speed at the point when it is twice as close to one star as the other? Consider the mass of the two stars as 3.0 × 1026 kg.
In a two-star system, two stars of equal mass are separated by a distance of 1.5 × 10¹² m. An asteroid is approaching the stars with negligible speed. What will be its speed at the point when it is twice as close to one star as the other? Consider the mass of the two stars as 3.0 × 1026 kg.