Spacecraft Voyager 2 (mass m and speed l' relative to the Sun) approaches the planet Jupiter (mass M and speed V relative to the Sun) as shown in Fig. The spacecraft rounds the planet and departs in the opposite direction. What is its speed, relative to the Sun, after this "slingshot" encounter? Assume that v = 12 km/s and V = 13 km/s (the orbital speed of Jupiter), and that this is an elastic collision. The mass of Jupiter is very much greater than the mass of the spacecraft, M >> m. (See "The Slingshot Effect: Explanation and Analogies," by Albert A. Bartlett and Charles W. Hord, The Physics Teacher; November 1985, p. 466.)
							
Spacecraft Voyager 2 (mass m and speed l' relative to the Sun) approaches the planet Jupiter (mass M and speed V relative to the Sun) as shown in Fig. The spacecraft rounds the
planet and departs in the opposite direction. What is its speed, relative to the Sun, after this "slingshot" encounter? Assume that v = 12 km/s and V = 13 km/s (the orbital speed of Jupiter), and that this is an elastic collision. The mass of Jupiter is very much greater than the mass of the spacecraft, M >> m. (See "The Slingshot Effect: Explanation and Analogies," by Albert A. Bartlett and Charles W. Hord, The Physics Teacher; November 1985, p. 466.)