A particle of mass 
is revolving around a planet in a circular orbit of radius 
. At the instant the particle has velocity 
, another particle of mass 
moving at velocity of 
in same direction collides perfectly in-elastically with the first particle. The new path of the combined body will take is
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By conservation of linear momentum
Escape velocity will be at 
and at velocity less than escape velocity path will be elleptical or part of ellipse except for velocity 
where path will be circular.
Hence the resultant mass will go on to an elliptical path
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