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During july 1994 the comet shoemaker-levy 9 smashed into jupiter in a spectacular fashion. the comet actually consisted of 21 distinct pieces, the largest of which had a mass of approximately 4.0 · 1012 kg and a speed of 6.0 · 104 m/s. jupiter has a mass of 1.9 · 1027 kg and an orbital speed of 1.3 · 104 m/s. if this piece of the comet had hit jupiter head on, what would have been the change (magnitude only) in jupiter’s orbital speed (not its final speed)?

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