1. The problem statement
a comet gets in the way of the Halley asteroid, so the question is: what's the new trajectory of the asteroid (its excentricity, its orbital rotation and it perihelion, aphelion)
both objects have same mass and we suppose that the comet have an negilgeable initial velocity.
all variables and given/known data
what we know is :both objects have same mass M=2.2*10^14 kg
the coefficient of restitution during collision is: 0.5
orbital period of Halley's asteroid: T=75.3 years
initial perihelion: 0.586 AU
initial excentricity: 0.967
2. Relevant equations
the kepler third law
conservation of angular momentum
relation between energy and excentricity equation and trajectory of asteroid are attached
3. The attempt at a solution
my attempts are to use the conservation of energy and angular momentum but i didn't know how to get the parameters of the trajectory from.
a comet gets in the way of the Halley asteroid, so the question is: what's the new trajectory of the asteroid (its excentricity, its orbital rotation and it perihelion, aphelion)
both objects have same mass and we suppose that the comet have an negilgeable initial velocity.
all variables and given/known data
what we know is :both objects have same mass M=2.2*10^14 kg
the coefficient of restitution during collision is: 0.5
orbital period of Halley's asteroid: T=75.3 years
initial perihelion: 0.586 AU
initial excentricity: 0.967
2. Relevant equations
the kepler third law
conservation of angular momentum
relation between energy and excentricity equation and trajectory of asteroid are attached
3. The attempt at a solution
my attempts are to use the conservation of energy and angular momentum but i didn't know how to get the parameters of the trajectory from.
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