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Mass is relative to speed. If the object has a very high speed, it can reach the mass of the earth or even higher. That's why my understanding is that if it can
by csomar 2y ago
Mass is relative to speed. If the object has a very high speed, it can reach the mass of the earth or even higher. That's why my understanding is that if it can escape the gravity of the earth, it means its own gravitational field is as or more powerful.
- hermitcrab 2y agoThe mass of an object increases appreciably with velocity only at relativistic velocities. This is completely irrelevant at the speed an asteroid is likely to be travelling. If an asteroid travelling at relativistic velocity passed through the atmosphere, a change in the earth's orbit would be the least of our worries!
- echoangle 2y agoThat's only relevant at relativistic speed, an Asteroid isn't going to come in at 10% of the speed of light. An Asteroid is going at most about 70 km/s: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/20805/what-are-the-maximum-and-minimum-impact-speeds-for-an-asteroid-that-would-strike https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/20805/what-are... That's 0.02% of the speed of light (300 000 km/s).