If $g$ is the acceleration due to gravity at the earth's surface and $r$ is the radius of the earth,the escape velocity for a body to escape out of the earth's gravitational field is

  • A
    $gr$
  • B
    $\sqrt{2gr}$
  • C
    $g/r$
  • D
    $r/g$

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Escape velocity on Earth is $11.2 \, km/s$. What would be the escape velocity on a planet whose mass is $1000$ times and radius is $10$ times that of Earth?

$A$ planet having mass $9 M_e$ and radius $4 R_e$,where $M_e$ and $R_e$ are the mass and radius of the Earth respectively,has an escape velocity in $km/s$ given by: (Given escape velocity on Earth $V_e = 11.2 \times 10^3 \, m/s$)

Match Column-$I$ with Column-$II$.
Column-$I$ Column-$II$
$(1)$ Value of escape velocity on the surface of the Earth $(a)$ $2.38 \, km \, s^{-1}$
$(2)$ Value of escape velocity on the surface of the Moon $(b)$ $7.92 \, km \, s^{-1}$
$(c)$ $11.2 \, km \, s^{-1}$

The least velocity required to throw a body away from the surface of a planet so that it may not return is (radius of the planet is $6.4 \times 10^6 \ m$,$g = 9.8 \ m/s^2$).

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