At a distance of 10 Re from earth's centre, where Re is the earth radius the speed of an asteroid, headed directly towards earth, is found to be 12.0 km/s. What will be the asteroid's speed when it reaches earth's surface? (Neglect the effects of earth's atmosphere); Re = 6400 km
(a) 22.0 km/s
(b) 16.0 km/s
(c) 10.0 km/s
(d) 8.0 km/s