What is the comet's speed at the midpoint?

[jkh4]

A binary star system has two stars, each with the same mass as our sun, separated by 1.10×1012 . A comet is very far away and essentially at rest. Slowly but surely, gravity pulls the comet toward the stars. Suppose the comet travels along a straight line that passes through the midpoint between the two stars.

My question is "What is the comet's speed at the midpoint?"

Thank you!

 

[Hootenanny]

And what is your question?

 

[jkh4]

And what is your question?

sorry forget to post my question...

What is the comet's speed at the midpoint?

Thank you

 

[Hootenanny]

HINT: Conservation of energy.

 

[ritwik06]

“While we teach, we learn.” - Seneca
This can't be true!

 

[Hootenanny]

“While we teach, we learn.” - Seneca
This can't be true!

And why not?

 

[ritwik06]

And why not?

No hard feelings sir but one really can't teach anybody if he tries to learn while he teaches. He must be perfect in his own sense.

 

[Gokul43201]

ritwik, please do not derail a homework thread. If you wish to have a conversation about a member's signature, please do so privately using the PM option.

 

[ritwik06]

I am awfully sorry!