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Determine the escape speed from (a) Jupiter’s moon Callisto with a mass of 1.07 × 10^23 kg and radius 2.4 Mm and (b) a neutron star twice the mass of the sun and a radius of 6 km.
I want to make sure I'm doing this and have the correct equations..
For part a)
Okay, so escape speed is found using the equation
v=sqrt(2GM/r)
G=6.67 x 10^-11
M=1.07 × 10^23
r=2.4 x 10^6
v=sqrt(1.427 x 10^13/2.4 x 10^6)
v=srt(5947416.667)
v=2438.73 m/s
For part b)
v=sqrt(2GM/r)
G=6.67 x 10^-11
M=2(1.9891 ×10^30) = 3.9782 x 10^30
r=6000
v=sqrt(5.301 x 10^20/6000)
v=sqrt(8.845 x 10^16)
v=297403171.9 m/s
I want to make sure I'm doing this and have the correct equations..
For part a)
Okay, so escape speed is found using the equation
v=sqrt(2GM/r)
G=6.67 x 10^-11
M=1.07 × 10^23
r=2.4 x 10^6
v=sqrt(1.427 x 10^13/2.4 x 10^6)
v=srt(5947416.667)
v=2438.73 m/s
For part b)
v=sqrt(2GM/r)
G=6.67 x 10^-11
M=2(1.9891 ×10^30) = 3.9782 x 10^30
r=6000
v=sqrt(5.301 x 10^20/6000)
v=sqrt(8.845 x 10^16)
v=297403171.9 m/s