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Definition of escape velocity?​

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the lowest velocity which a body must have in order to escape the gravitational attraction of a particular planet or other object.

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Answer:

the escape velocity is about 11.2 km/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Which is approximately 33 times the speed of sound (Mach 33) and several times the muzzle velocity of a rifle bullet (up to 1.7 km/s). However, at 9,000 km altitude in "space", it is slightly less than 7.1 km/s.

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