In June 2018, the spacecraft Hayabusa2 arrived at an asteroid called Ryugu.
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M = ...................................... kg [2]
Assume that the spacecraft was stationary relative to the asteroid when MASCOT was dropped.
Use information from (b) to calculate the speed of the impact v when MASCOT landed on the surface of the asteroid.
v = ................................................ m s–1 [3]
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