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merchant navy | Posted on | Science-Technology


Define escape velocity- orbital velocity What is the value of escape velocity in case of earth?


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Software engineer at HCL technologies | Posted on


Escape velocity :


It is the minimum velocity with which a body is must be projected vertically upwards inlrder that it may just escape the gravitational field of earth.

For example: If we throw a ball into air, it rises to a certain height and falls back. If we throw it with a greater velocity, it will never come back. This greater velocity is escape velocity.

Formula: Ve = √2GM/R

Where, M is mass of earth and R is radius of earth.

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Orbital velocity :

It is the velocity required to put the satellite into its orbit around the earth.

Formula: Vo= √GM/R+h

Where,
R is radius of earth
M is mass of earth
Vo is orbital velocity
h is height of satellite above earth's surface.
R+h is orbital radius of the satellite.


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