Direction of the meteor before it hits the satellite.
The two balls shown have the same mass. When the gray ball strikes the
white ball, the gray ball stops moving and the white ball rolls to the right.
Why does the gray ball stop moving?
A)
B.
Air resistance causes the gray ball to slow down and stop.
The white ball exerts a force on the gray ball, and the gray ball
reacts to exert an equal and opposite force on the white ball.
When the gray ball strikes the white ball, the white ball exerts an
equal and opposite force on the gray ball, causing it to stop
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