1. Intro to Physics Units
1. Intro to Physics Units / Solving Density Problems / Problem 8
Astronomers are always on the lookout for objects that can potentially be hazardous if they crash into our planet. In the past, they spotted one such object having a strange dimension of 20 km × 10 km × 7 km. A space probe was sent to study the object that orbited it at an altitude of 5 km above its surface. They estimated its density to be 5.6 × 103 kg/m3. For comparison, determine the radius of a spherical asteroid having the same mass and density.
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