Question

How fast would the moon need to travel in order to escape the gravitational
pull of Earth, if Earth has a mass of 5.98 X 1024 kg and the distance from
Earth to the moon is 3.84 x 108 m?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:v =

2GM

d

=

2(6.67 × 10 )

–11 N-m

2

/kg2

(5.98 × 1024 kg)

(3.84 × 108 m)

= 1440 m/s