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Large Meteors Can Strike the Earth with Speeds Of 80,000 km/h80,000 \mathrm {~km} / \mathrm { h }

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Large meteors can strike the Earth with speeds of 80,000 km/h80,000 \mathrm {~km} / \mathrm { h } . Such a meteor hits the Earth (radius 6.37×106 m6.37 \times 10 ^ { 6 } \mathrm {~m} ) at a point on the plane of the Earth's equator at 80,000 km/h80,000 \mathrm {~km} / \mathrm { h } , resulting in a change of the Earth's angular momentum of 80.0×1012 kgm2/s80.0 \times 10 ^ { 12 } \mathrm {~kg} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 } / \mathrm { s } . The meteor's mass is


A) 13.0 kg.
B) 56.0 kg.
C) 126 kg.
D) 565 kg.
E) 637 kg.

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