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  2. Escape velocity - Wikipedia

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    Escape speed at a distance d from the center of a spherically symmetric primary body (such as a star or a planet) with mass M is given by the formula [2] [3] = = where: G is the universal gravitational constant (G ≈ 6.67 × 10 −11 m 3 ⋅kg −1 ⋅s −2 ‍ [4])

  3. Orbital speed - Wikipedia

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    In gravitationally bound systems, the orbital speed of an astronomical body or object (e.g. planet, moon, artificial satellite, spacecraft, or star) is the speed at which it orbits around either the barycenter (the combined center of mass) or, if one body is much more massive than the other bodies of the system combined, its speed relative to the center of mass of the most massive body.

  4. Characteristic energy - Wikipedia

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    But the maximal velocity on the new orbit could be approximated to 33.5 km/s by assuming that it reached practical "infinity" at 3.5 km/s and that such Earth-bound "infinity" also moves with Earth's orbital velocity of about 30 km/s. The InSight mission to Mars launched with a C 3 of 8.19 km 2 /s 2. [5]

  5. Orbital mechanics - Wikipedia

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    To escape the Solar System from a location at a distance from the Sun equal to the distance Sun–Earth, but not close to the Earth, requires around 42 km/s velocity, but there will be "partial credit" for the Earth's orbital velocity for spacecraft launched from Earth, if their further acceleration (due to the propulsion system) carries them ...

  6. List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System

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    Escape velocity: km/s: 617.7 Rotation period days: 25.38 Orbital period about Galactic Center [4] million years 225–250 Mean orbital speed [4] km/s: ≈ 220 Axial tilt to the ecliptic: deg. 7.25 Axial tilt to the galactic plane: deg. 67.23 Mean surface temperature: K: 5,778 Mean coronal temperature [5] K: 1–2 × 10 6: Photospheric composition

  7. List of orbits - Wikipedia

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    If the speed of a parabolic orbit is increased it will become a hyperbolic orbit. Escape orbit: A parabolic orbit where the object has escape velocity and is moving away from the planet. Capture orbit: A parabolic orbit where the object has escape velocity and is moving toward the planet. Hyperbolic orbit: An orbit with the eccentricity greater ...

  8. Hyperbolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    A radial hyperbolic trajectory is a non-periodic trajectory on a straight line where the relative speed of the two objects always exceeds the escape velocity. There are two cases: the bodies move away from each other or towards each other. This is a hyperbolic orbit with semi-minor axis = 0 and eccentricity = 1.

  9. Parabolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    At any time the average speed from = is 1.5 times the current speed, i.e. 1.5 times the local escape velocity. To have t = 0 {\displaystyle t=0\!\,} at the surface, apply a time shift; for the Earth (and any other spherically symmetric body with the same average density) as central body this time shift is 6 minutes and 20 seconds; seven of ...