Question

A NASA spacecraft once landed on the surface of the asteroid named 433 Eros.This asteroid is near Earth and has an average orbital speed of 24.36 kilometers per second. What is its speed in meters per second? 0.02436 meters per second 0.2436 meters per hour 2,460 meters per hour 24,360 meters per second

Answer 1

24,360 meters per second

Explanation:

Answer 2

24,360 meters per second

Explanation:

The average speed = 24.36 kilometer per second

We were asked to convert this to meters per second

1 kilometre = 1000 metres

Hence

24.36km/s = 24.36 × 1000 meters/seconds

= 24,360 meters/seconds.

The average speed of the asteroid is 24,360 meters/seconds.