At a time when mining asteroids has become feasible, astronauts have connected a line between their 3230-kg space tug and a 5320-kg asteroid. They pull on the asteroid with a force of 483 N. Initially the tug and the asteroid are at rest, 408 m apart. How much time does it take for the ship and the asteroid to meet

force tends to be low and long diustance masses are high

speed of light in vacuum is 300,000 km/s

speed of light in other mediums is given by the expression v = c/n, where c is the speed of light in vacuum and n is the refractive index of medium.

for the first medium v = 200,000 km/s

  so, refractive index of medium = 300000/200000 = 1.5

    1.5 refractive index is usually for glass. so first medium is glass.

for the second medium v = 250,00 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/250000 = 1.2

    1.2 refractive index is usually for water. so second medium is water.

for the third medium v = 0 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/0 = ∞

    ∞ refractive index is usually for opaque mediums. so third medium is opaque medium.

3. dark matter

empty space could also be a simple vacuum