The escape velocity from the earth is about $11 \, km/s$. The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius and the same mean density as the earth is ......... $km/s$.

  • A
    $22$
  • B
    $11$
  • C
    $5.5$
  • D
    $15.5$

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