Escape velocity Formula

Jul 25, 2022, 16:45 IST

Defination of Escape velocity 

When a stone is thrown up, it goes up to a maximum height and then returns. As the particle goes up, the gravitational potential energy increases and the kinetic energy of the particle decreases. The particle will continue to go up till its kinetic energy becomes zero and will return from there.The critical initial velocity is called the escape velocity. Putting the values of G, M and R, the escape velocity from the earth comes out to be 11.6 km/s

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