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ISBN: 9780134988559

Author: Wolfson, Richard

Publisher: Pearson Education,

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Chapter 8, Problem 29E

Determine escape speeds from (a) Jupiter’s moon Callisto and (b) a neutron star, with the Sun’s mass crammed into a sphere of radius 6.0 km. See Appendix E for relevant data.

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