Calculate the speed with which you would have to throw a rock to put it into orbit around the asteroid 234 Ida near its surface, assuming 234 Ida is spherical. Ida’s mass is 4 × 1016 kg and its radius is 16 km.

The speed with which a rock would have to be thrown to put it in 234 Ida's orbit, near its surface is approximately 12.917 m/s

Explanation:

The given parameters are;

The mass of Ida, M = 4 × 10¹⁶ kg

The radius of 234 Ida, r = 16 km = 16,000 m

The speed, v, required to put a rock in 234 Ida's orbit near its surface is given by the orbital velocity equation as follows;

Where;

G = The universal gravitational constant = 6.67408 × 10⁻¹¹ m³·kg⁻¹·s⁻²

Substituting the known values gives;

Therefore, the speed required to put a rock in 234 Ida's orbit near its surface = v ≈ 12.917 m.

i had this question and the answer was 3.15 miles.

martina travels from school to her mom's office. from there, she walks to school. after school, she walks to the library and then to a friends house before finally ending back at home. find martina's total distance traveled.

a) 0 miles  

b) 0.4 miles  

c) 1 mile  

d) 3.15 miles