ANASA probe is moving horizontally above the surface of the moon at a constant speed to the right, as depicted in the diagram below. It releases an instrument package when it is directly above Point P.
B
As seen from the lunar surface, which path would the package most closely follow after the release and why?
D, because the gravity of the moon will pull the instrument to the ground at a constant
acceleration which will allow the horizontal component of the velocity to remain the same but
increase the vertical components of its velocity exponentially.
D, because the gravity of the moon will pull the instrument to the ground at a constant
acceleration which will allow the horizontal component of the velocity to remain the same but
increase the vertical components of its velocity linearly.
C, because the gravity of the moon will pull the instrument to the ground at a constant
acceleration which will allow the horizontal component of the velocity to remain the same but
increase the vertical components of its velocity exponentially.
C, because the gravity of the moon will pull the instrument to the ground at a constant
acceleration which will allow the horizontal component of the velocity to remain the same but
increase the vertical components of its velocity linearly.