Escape velocity of a body from earth is $11.2 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{s}$. If the radius of a planet be onethird the radius of earth and mass be one-sixth that of earth, the escape velocity from the planet is :
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{P}}=\frac{\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{E}}}{3}, \mathrm{M}_{\mathrm{P}}=\frac{\mathrm{M}_{\mathrm{E}}}{6} \\
& \mathrm{~V}_{\mathrm{c}}=\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{GM}_{\mathrm{e}}}{\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{e}}}} \quad \text{.... (i)}\\
& \mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{P}}=\sqrt{\frac{2 \mathrm{GM}_{\mathrm{P}}}{\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{P}}}} \quad \text{.... (ii)}\\
& \frac{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{e}}}{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{p}}}=\sqrt{2} \\
& \mathrm{~V}_{\mathrm{P}}=\frac{\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{e}}}{\sqrt{2}}=\frac{11.2}{\sqrt{2}}=7.9 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{sec}
\end{aligned}$$</p>
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Subject: Physics · Chapter: Gravitation · Topic: Escape Velocity
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