What do you understand by asteroids and comets according to the theory of solar system formation?
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The region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter contains many asteroids that orbit the Sun. Consider an asteroid in a circular orbit of radius 4.9 1011 m. Find the period of the orbit.
In the leading theory of solar system formation, the planets_____.
Two asteroids drifting at constant velocity collide. The masses and velocities of the asteroids before collision are indicated in the figure.
A) Sketch graphs of the momenta of asteroids A and B before the collision.
B) During the collision, is the magnitude of the force of asteroid A on asteroid B greater than, less than, or equal to the magnitude of the force of asteroid B on asteroid A?
C) Sketch a graph of the total momentum in the system of the two asteroids after the collision.