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What is the depth of the crater if the time is 6.3 s?

An astronaut stands by the rim of a crater on the moon, where the acceleration of gravity is 1.62 m/s2. To determine the depth of the crater, she drops a rock and measures the time it takes for it to HIT the bottom.

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye
W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Mar 27, 2019

This is a physics question that can, fortunately, be answered with some computation.The answer to this is32. In order to solve this, you need to know what the equation is which is s= ut+ 0.5 a (t)^2 to find out 's'. S stands for distance traveled. U is the initial velocity. T is the time that it took in order to travel a certain distance.

A is acceleration. Acceleration happens because of the gravity that is present on the moon. This will definitely be different if this would be done on earth because of the type of gravity that will be present here on earth.

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John Adney

John Adney

John Adney
Why 32?
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John Smith

John Smith

John Smith
John Smith

Answered Oct 25, 2016

32 m
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