Question: On July 4 , 2 0 0 5 , the NASA spacecraft Deep Impact fired a projectile onto the surface of Comet Tempel 1 .

On July 4,2005, the NASA spacecraft Deep Impact fired a projectile onto the surface of Comet Tempel 1. This comet is about 9.0 kmkm across. Observations of surface debris released by the impact showed that dust with a speed as low as 1.0 m/sm/s was able to escape the comet.
How far from the comet's center will this debris be when it has lost 70%% of its initial kinetic energy at the surface?
Assuming a spherical shape, what is the mass of this comet? ( The escape speed for an object at the surface of Earth is 11.2 km/skm/s ).

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