A rocket is launched normal to the surface of the Earth, away from the Sun, along the line joining the Sun and the Earth. The sun is $$3$$×$$105$$ times heavier than the Earth and is at a distance $$2.5$$×$$104$$ times larger than the radius of the Earth. The escape velocity from Earth’s gravitational field is $$ve=11.2$$ km s−$$1$$. The maximum initial velocity vs required for the rocket to be able to leave the $$sun-Earth$$ system is closest to (ignore$$ the rotation and revolution of the Earth and the presence of any other $$planet)

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A rocket is launched normal to the surface of the Earth, away from the Sun, along the line joining the Sun and the Earth. The sun is  $$3$$×$$105$$ times heavier than the Earth and is at a distance $$2.5$$×$$104$$ times larger than the radius of the Earth. The escape velocity from Earth’s gravitational field is $$ve=11.2$$ km s−$$1$$. The maximum initial velocity vs required for the rocket to be able to leave the $$sun-Earth$$ system is closest to (ignore$$ the rotation and revolution of the Earth and the presence of any other $$planet)

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$$mV22$$−GMMERE−$$GMMSx+RE=0V022$$−GMERE−$$GMSx+RE=0$$ $$V0=2GMERE+2GMSx+RE=Ve2+2GME$$×$$3$$×$$105RE2.5$$×$$104=Ve2+V023$$×$$102$$×$$25=Ve13$$×$$10=11.2$$×$$3.6V0=40.38kms$$−$$1$$

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