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Homework Statement
A 1250kg meteor rock fragment is momentarily at rest at an altitude of 3000km above the surface of Neptune. Neptune has a mass of 1.03x1026kg and a radius of 2.48x107m.
Determine: how much work is done on the rock by Neptunes Force of gravity as the rock falls to Neptunes surface (I got the answer to this one it was 3.74x1010J
I need help on: the velocity with which the rock strikes Neptunes surface
Not sure where to start with this one.