Ceres, the largest asteroid known, has a mass of roughly 8.7 1020 kg. If Ceres passes

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Ceres, the largest asteroid known, has a mass of roughly 8.7 × 1020 kg. If Ceres passes within 14,000 km of the spaceship in which you are traveling, what force does it exert on you? (Use an approximate value for your mass, and treat yourself and the asteroid as point objects.)

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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