Question

What is the momentum of an asteroid that has a mass of 1.35 × 10 kg and a velocity of 12 2.55 × 10 m/s?

Answer 1

Answer:

Momentum, $p=3.44\times 10^{16}\ kg-m/s$

Explanation:

We have,

Mass of the asteroid is $1.35\times 10^{12}\ kg$

Velocity of asteroid is $2.55\times 10^4\ m/s$

It is required to find the momentum of an asteroid. Momentum of an object is given by the  its velocity. It is given by :

$p=mv\\\\p=1.35\times 10^{12}\times 2.55\times 10^4\\\\p=3.44\times 10^{16}\ kg-m/s$

So, the momentum of the asteroid is $3.44\times 10^{16}\ kg-m/s$.