Escape velocity and black holes The work required to launch an object from the surface of Earth to outer space is given by w = JEF(x) dx, where R = 6370 km is the approximate radius is the gravitational force between Earth and the object, G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of Earth, m is the mass of the object, and GM = 4 x 1014 m²/s?. GMm of Earth, F(x) = x? a. Find the work required to launch an object in terms of m. b. What escape velocity v, is required to give the object a kinetic 1 energy mv? equal to W? c. The French scientist Laplace anticipated the existence of black holes in the 18th century with the following argument: If a body has an escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed of light, c = 300,000 km/s, then light cannot escape the body and it cannot be seen. Show that such a body has a radius Rs 2GM/c. For Earth to be a black hole, what would its radius need to be?

Escape velocity and black holes The work required to launch an object from the surface of Earth to outer space is given by w = JEF(x) dx, where R = 6370 km is the approximate radius is the gravitational force between Earth and the object, G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of Earth, m is the mass of the object, and GM = 4 x 1014 m²/s?. GMm of Earth, F(x) = x? a. Find the work required to launch an object in terms of m. b. What escape velocity v, is required to give the object a kinetic 1 energy mv? equal to W? c. The French scientist Laplace anticipated the existence of black holes in the 18th century with the following argument: If a body has an escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed of light, c = 300,000 km/s, then light cannot escape the body and it cannot be seen. Show that such a body has a radius Rs 2GM/c. For Earth to be a black hole, what would its radius need to be?

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Escape velocity and black holes The work required to launch
an object from the surface of Earth to outer space is given by
w = JEF(x) dx, where R = 6370 km is the approximate radius
is the gravitational force between Earth
and the object, G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of
Earth, m is the mass of the object, and GM = 4 x 1014 m²/s?.
GMm
of Earth, F(x) =
x?
a. Find the work required to launch an object in terms of m.
b. What escape velocity v, is required to give the object a kinetic
1
energy mv? equal to W?
c. The French scientist Laplace anticipated the existence of black
holes in the 18th century with the following argument: If a
body has an escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed
of light, c = 300,000 km/s, then light cannot escape the body
and it cannot be seen. Show that such a body has a radius
Rs 2GM/c. For Earth to be a black hole, what would its
radius need to be?

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