Multiple Choice
In 1994, fragments of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Assume that these fragments came from an infinite distance away with zero initial speed and fell into Jupiter. What was their speed when they arrived at Jupiter's surface? Jupiter has a mass of 1.90 × 1027 kg and a radius of 71.4 × 106 m, and G = 6.67 x 10-11 N·m2/kg2.
A) 10,400 m/s
B) 11,200 m/s
C) 35,500 m/s
D) 42,100 m/s
E) 59,600 m/s
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