Exploding Asteroid

Exploding Asteroid#

Question Text#

Santiago and Maya are both standing in their spaceships, each one moving with a different constant velocity. They carefully watch and measure, from their two spaceships, an asteroid exploding into two parts. Select the correct statement(s).

Answer Section#

Note: You will be awarded full marks only if you select all the correct choices and none of the incorrect choices. Choosing incorrect choices as well as not choosing correct choices will result in deductions.

  • The final velocity vectors they use to describe the two asteroid pieces will be the same.

  • They will both agree on how much kinetic energy each of the asteroid pieces has.

  • The change in the momentum vector they determine for each piece of the asteroid before and after the explosion will be the same.

  • They will both agree on how the total kinetic energy of the system has changed.

  • The momentum vectors they use to describe each of the two asteroid pieces will be the same.

  • They will both agree on how the kinetic energy of each of the pieces has changed.

Attribution#

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