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(Solved): 1) Suppose two steel balls are taken into Earth orbit and collide in the vacu ...
1) Suppose two steel balls are taken into Earth orbit and collide in the vacuum of space. One ball is initially stationary (relative to the spacecraft) and the other is given an initial velocity. Is momentum conserved in this collision? 2) To what degree was your glancing collision an elastic collision? 3) Can perfectly elastic collisions ever occur in nature? Explain your answer in your report.
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1) As we know, the condition that law of conservation of momentum will hold good, external forces should be zero. Only in such a condition, law of con