A rocket is launched from the surface of a planet with mass 9.1 x 1024 kg and radius 3.2 x 106 m at its escape speed.  Calculate the speed of the rocket when it is three times as far from the center of the planet as it was at launch, in m/s.  Use G = 6.7 x 10-11 N m2/ kg2. (Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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A rocket is launched from the surface of a planet with mass 9.1 x 1024 kg and radius 3.2 x 106 m at its escape speed.  Calculate the speed of the rocket when it is three times as far from the center of the planet as it was at launch, in m/s.  Use G = 6.7 x 10-11 N m2/ kg2.

(Please answer to the fourth decimal place - i.e 14.3225)

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