A spaceship is traveling through the Asteroid belt, located between the orbits o

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A spaceship is traveling through the Asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The figure below shows the spaceship and a group of nearby asteroids.

Which ones (if any) are bound to collide with the spaceship, and why?

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600 m/s

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700 m/s

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400 m/s

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600 m/s

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400 m/s

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600 m/s

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700 m/s

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400 m/s

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600 m/s

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400 m/s

Explanation / Answer

Asteroid B has speed 700m/s which is greater than speed of spaceship(600m/s) Hence Asteroid B can collide with Space ship

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