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A meteor with a mass of 1 kg moving at 20 km/s collides withJupiter's atmosphere. The meteor penetrates 100 km into theatmosphere and disintegrates. What is the average force on themeteor once it enters Jupiter's atmosphere (Ignore gravity).

*The answer is 2 x 10^3 N but I have no idea why.

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They want you to assume that its initial velocity is 20 kmsec and 100km later its undergone a constant deceleration and its velocity is now zero The problem is that when a meteor    See Answer
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