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    Calculating the required energy for throwing a tennis ball into space

    thankyou hello thankyou very much, this is very helpful. being a real novice could i ask you what the units of E, m and v are in the second equation? and also, how would could find out the amount of energy required to throw the ball into orbit rather than away from earth? thankyou again.
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    Calculating the required energy for throwing a tennis ball into space

    hello i would really like to figure out the amount of energy one would reuqire to throw a tennis ball into space hypothetically speaking? i understand that this is impossible but i would like to find out anyway. i would be very grateful if anybody could help me with this. thankyou
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