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Lime25
Jul 1, 2010, 03:19 PM
What is the wavelength of a 500,000-kg asteroid heading at 20,000 meters per second toward the Earth?

ebaines
Jul 1, 2010, 06:33 PM
From de Broglie's wavelength equation:


\lambda = \frac h p


where h = Planck's constant and p = the object's momentum. Recall that momentum is mass times velocity. Can you take it from here?