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What Is the Escape Speed from the Sun, Beginning from Rest

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What is the escape speed from the Sun, beginning from rest relative to the Sun) at the orbit of Earth, R = 1.50 * 108 km? Given: G = 6.67 * 10-11 N · m2/kg2; mass of the Sun = 2.0 * 1030 kg.)


A) 3.0 *104 m/s
B) 2.1 * 104 m/s
C) 1.3 *106 m/s
D) 9.4 * 105 m/s
E) 4.2 *104 m/s

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