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MCQIntermediateOrbital Mechanics & Gravitation
USAAAO — 2022 First Round
Question 5
Two (spherical) asteroids, Ek and Do, are orbiting in free space around their stationary center of mass. Ek has mass 7M_Moon and Do has mass 1.4M_Moon, where M_Moon is the mass of the Moon. What is the ratio of the angular momentum of the whole system to the angular momentum of Do about the center of mass of the system?
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USAAAO 2022 First Round. Question text, choices, and answer were transcribed from the official USAAAO exam and solutions PDFs.