AAYUSH KESHAVA
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In physics, escape velocity is the speed at which the kinetic energy plus the gravitational potential energy of an object is zero.It is the speed needed to "break free" from a gravitational field without further propulsion.
For a spherically-symmetric body, escape velocity at a certain distance is calculated by the formula
where G is the universal gravitational constant (G=6.67×10−11 m3 kg−1 s−2), M the mass of the planet, star or other body, and r the distance from the center of gravity.