(a) 0.5m(v2^2 - v1^2) = GMm*[1/R - 1/d] where R is radius of earth; d is distance of moon, M is mass of earth and m mass of meteoroid and v1 is initial velocity and v2 that at impact
or v2^2 = 3500^2 + 2*(6.67*10^-11)*(6*10^24)*10^-6[1/6.37 - 1/384] = 0.1225*10^8 + 1.236*10^8 or
v2^2 = 1.36*10^8 or v2 = 1.16*10^4 m/s = 11.6 km/s
(b) 0.5m(v2^2 - v1^2) = GMm*[1/(R+6*10^6) - 1/d] where R is radius of earth; d is distance of moon, M is mass of earth and m mass of meteoroid and v1 is initial velocity and v2 that at impact
or v2^2 = 3500^2 + 2*(6.67*10^-11)*(6*10^24)*10^-6[1/12.38 - 1/384] = 0.1225*10^8 + 0.626*10^8 or
v2^2 = 0.7482*10^8 or v2 = 0.865*10^4 m/s = 8.65 km/s
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