Question: 14 A meteor whose mass was about 1.5 x 10 kg struck the Earth (me = 6.0 X 104 4kg) with a speed of about

 14 A meteor whose mass was about 1.5 x 10 kg

struck the Earth (me = 6.0 X 104 4kg) with a speed

14 A meteor whose mass was about 1.5 x 10 kg struck the Earth (me = 6.0 X 104 4kg) with a speed of about 25 km/s and came to rest in the Earth. What was the Earth's recoil speed (relative to Earth at rest before the collision)

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