Question

a meteorite burns in the atmosphere before coming to the earth's surface.what happens to its momentum

Answer 1

it's momentum is continuously decreasing due to air resistance or air friction

Answer 2

The answer is given below :

By the principle of conservation of momentum, it is stated that, the momentum of an object after collision be same as before collision.

In this case, when the meteorite burns in the atmosphere, it's momentum is transferred into smaller molecules but will not change according to law of conservation of momentum.

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