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Motion of planets and satellites
Question

The escape velocity of 10g body from the Earth is 11.2 km s-1.  Ignoring air resistance, the escape velocity of 10kg of the iron ball from the Earth will be 

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Solution

The escape velocity is independent of the mass of  the body. 

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