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cde42003
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Two stars with the mass and radius of the sun are separated by distance 10*r_sun, measured between their centers. A 10,000 kg space capsule moves along a line between the stars.
Suppose the space capsule is at rest 1.0 m closer to one star than the other. What will be the speed of the space capsule when it meets its ultimate fate?
Can anyone help with this problem? I thought that you need to to use the energy equation K1+U1=K2+U2 but can seem to get the correct answer.
My work
let mass capsule= m_c, mass stars= m
.5*m_c*0^2 - 2((G*m*m_c)/(5*r_sun)) = .5*m_c*v^2 - ((G*m_c*m)/(r_sun)) - ((G*m_c*m)/(9*r_sun))
Let me know what I did wrong. Thanks
Suppose the space capsule is at rest 1.0 m closer to one star than the other. What will be the speed of the space capsule when it meets its ultimate fate?
Can anyone help with this problem? I thought that you need to to use the energy equation K1+U1=K2+U2 but can seem to get the correct answer.
My work
let mass capsule= m_c, mass stars= m
.5*m_c*0^2 - 2((G*m*m_c)/(5*r_sun)) = .5*m_c*v^2 - ((G*m_c*m)/(r_sun)) - ((G*m_c*m)/(9*r_sun))
Let me know what I did wrong. Thanks