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What is escape velocity?
According to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
Earth:
Escape velocity: 11.186km/s?
What does that mean?
Does the projectile should be fired perpendicular with respect to the ground angle?
According to this:
Thanks for any explanation.
According to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
Earth:
Escape velocity: 11.186km/s?
What does that mean?
Does the projectile should be fired perpendicular with respect to the ground angle?
According to this:
According to this, can the projectile be fired in any direction (because it is speed not velocity) as long as its speed is 11.186 Km/s to escape earth?If (supposed Earth has no atmosphere) the projectile is fired parallely to the ground (tangent), what is its escape velocity?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity
The term escape velocity is a misnomer, and it is referred to as escape speed since it is independent of direction.
Thanks for any explanation.
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