21.4 Planetary Fields Flashcards

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What is the equation for escape velocity and what is it?

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√(2gR)
Escape velocity is the minimum velocity an object must be given to escape from the planet when projected vertically from a surface

The rest of this section is kinda hard to summarise, so just revise it from the textbook, pg246-250

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