8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation
Escape Velocity
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Problem 13.52b
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Textbook QuestionIn 2000, NASA placed a satellite in orbit around an asteroid. Consider a spherical asteroid with a mass of 1.0 x 10¹⁶ kg and a radius of 8.8 km. (b) What is the escape speed from the asteroid?
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