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    How Far Up Do You Need to Go to Escape Earth's Gravity?

    Well sorry for pestering you guys, but thanks for these answers. I got it now.
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    How Far Up Do You Need to Go to Escape Earth's Gravity?

    The moon orbits around the Earth because of Earth's gravity.
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    How Far Up Do You Need to Go to Escape Earth's Gravity?

    The Kármán line is the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space. It lies at 100km(62mi) above sea level Sorry for that xD. A professor at my high school said:"If a person goes 100 km above sea level, he will float off into space because Earth's gravity only affects things with such a...
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    How Far Up Do You Need to Go to Escape Earth's Gravity?

    Sorry for the late reply i posted this late at night. About that question i think if you travel a 100 km up or even a 1000 km up you would fall back to Earth since you are still in its hill sphere and still in under its dominant gravitational influence. But a teacher of mine said that if we...
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    How Far Up Do You Need to Go to Escape Earth's Gravity?

    If we travel 100 km vertically from the surface of the earth, will we no longer be pulled by Earth's gravity and float into space? Same question as above yet with 1000 km. How far up vertically do we have to go to escape Earth's pull and how wide/long is the Earth's gravitational influence. Does...
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