ESCAPE SPEEDS AND ASTEROID COLLISIONS

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ESCAPE SPEEDS AND ASTEROID COLLISIONS
Spring Meeting of the Chesapeake Section of AAPT
National Science Foundation, Arlington
VA Saturday 25 March 2006

• Carl Mungan
• Physics Department
• U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis MD

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Rocket Escape from Earth
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Solar System Escape whats wrong with the
following?
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Exact treatment of two bodies interacting
gravitationally
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In particular, for rocket escape
in ANY frame of reference.
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Correct derivation of Solar System escape
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Numerical values
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Application to Asteroid Collisions
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impact speed (km/s)
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Conclusions