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A huge asteroid that is moving at an incredibly fast speed impacts the Earth, will this change the momentum of the Earth? Explain.
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A huge asteroid that is moving at an incredibly fast speed impacts the Earth, will this change the momentum of the Earth? Explain.

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Yes, but not by much, unless the asteroid has a very large mass.

Momentum is proportional to mass times velocity
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