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13.3 Exercise 8

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What is the escape speed of a satellite located at the Moon’s orbit about Earth? Assume the Moon is not nearby.

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 13.3 Gravitational Potential Energy and Total Energy, exercise 8

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