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If a projectile is sent from the surface of the earth,then its escape velocity is (under root 2GM/R).But if the same is projected from the centre of the earth,then what would be is escape velocity?

Profile image of Afzal Hafiz
14 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of mohammed shafaqatullah qureshi
14 Years ago

IT WILL BE INFINITY

 

Profile image of Rajendra Podichet
14 Years ago

any motion inside the earth is simple harmonic.hence when u throw a body at the centre of the earth it has max velocity at the centre of the earth(mean position).Its velocity continuously decreases and its velocity is 0 at the surface of the earth(extreme position)and u would need to project it with escape velocity to overcome the gravitational force.