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MCQBeginnerOrbital Mechanics & Gravitation
USAAAO — 2021 First Round
Question 25
Suppose a spaceship is attempting a slingshot maneuver on a gas giant with mass 100 times that of the spaceship. Because the spaceship somewhat entered the planet's atmosphere, kinetic energy was not conserved—only momentum. What is the ratio of the spaceship's change in velocity to the planet's change in velocity, ∆vs ∆vp ?
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USAAAO 2021 First Round. Question text, choices, and answer were transcribed from the official USAAAO exam and solutions PDFs.