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  • Jul 1, 2010, 03:19 PM
    Lime25
    Wavelength
    What is the wavelength of a 500,000-kg asteroid heading at 20,000 meters per second toward the Earth?
  • Jul 1, 2010, 06:33 PM
    ebaines

    From de Broglie's wavelength equation:



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

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