Answer by ProfRob for Multiply Earth's orbital speed with square root of 2
It is the Solar System "escape speed" for an object in orbit around the Sun, at the distance of the Earth.The energy of an object in orbit is the sum of its kinetic and potential energy. The kinetic...
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This speed is the escape from the solar system speed, from the orbit of the Earth.If you had a rocket, and it was orbiting the sun at the same distance as the Earth it would be travelling at 29.7 km/s....
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Earth's escape velocity is 11.18 km/s.If I multiply Earth's orbital speed with the square root of 2,29.7827 km/s x 1.41 = 42.11 km/sHow is this speed called?I found this equation in an old German...
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