Question #273951

Two asteroid s are drifting away from each other.One asteroid have mass of 240000 kg. and the other has a mass of 100000 kg. What is the change in gravitational potential energy as their center s of the mass move from 100 m apart to 1000 m apart?


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2021-12-01T10:28:46-0500

ΔU=Gm1m2(1r2−1r1)=−14.4 mJ.\Delta U=Gm_1m_2(\frac 1{r_2}-\frac 1{r_1})=-14.4~mJ.


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