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Homework Statement
Is it possible that you could throw a stone with sufficient energy to cause it to escape the asteroid’s gravitational pull altogether.
Do you think you would be able to throw the stone as fast as this?
Homework Equations
v= squre root of (2GM / R)
where M is mass of the Earth
and
R is the radius of the earth
The Attempt at a Solution
M= 5.98*10^24
R=6.38*10^6
G=6.67*10^-11
after calculation,
v= 11181.966 m/s
this is the speed required...for stone to escape the atmosphere.
So it is not possible.
[is this correct]