Escape velocity of a body from earth is 11.2 km/s. If the radius of a planet be one-third the radius of earth and mass be one-sixth that of earth, the escape velocity from the planet is :
- 7.9 km/s
- 8.4 km/s
- 4.2 km/s
- 11.2 km/s
Answer
(1) 7.9 km/s
Solution
ve= 2GMR ve MR
vPvE= MPME RERP= 16 3= 1 2
vP= 11.21.414 7.9 km/s
Answer: (1)