(14%) Problem 5: The figure shows a spaceship that fires an instrument package of mass select...

 

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(14%) Problem 5: The figure shows a spaceship that fires an instrument package of mass select part at a planet with mass M=1.4E26 kg and radius R=1300 km. The spaceship is a distance 5R from the center of the planet, and the package is fired with a speed vo=95300 m/s. R M 50% Part (a) What is the angle 0 for which the package will just grace the surface of the planet? 50% Part (b) What is the minimum possible value of vo, such that the package will eventually collide into the planet, no matter the angle fired at? Vo = m/s Grade Summary Deductions Potential 0% 100% (14%) Problem 5: The figure shows a spaceship that fires an instrument package of mass select part at a planet with mass M=1.4E26 kg and radius R=1300 km. The spaceship is a distance 5R from the center of the planet, and the package is fired with a speed vo=95300 m/s. R M 50% Part (a) What is the angle 0 for which the package will just grace the surface of the planet? 50% Part (b) What is the minimum possible value of vo, such that the package will eventually collide into the planet, no matter the angle fired at? Vo = m/s Grade Summary Deductions Potential 0% 100%