escape speed

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08:55 Dec 1, 2009
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Science - Astronomy & Space
Additional field(s): Aerospace / Aviation / Space, Physics
English term or phrase: escape speed
Definition from physics.fortlewis.edu:
The speed necessary for an object to escape the gravitational pull of an object. Anything that moves away from the object with more than the escape speed will never return.

Example sentence(s):
  • When an object is traveling exactly at escape speed, it is in a parabolic orbit with the body at the focus of the parabola. A parabolic path is open; hence an object following such a path will never return to the body. Conservapedia
  • Black holes, having infinite density, have an infinitely large escape speed. But it turns out that the escape speed value depends on how far an object is from a body of mass. So there is a certain distance from a black hole where the escape speed just equals the speed of light. Are black holes real?
  • One somewhat counterintuitive feature of escape velocity is that it is independent of direction, so that "velocity" is a misnomer; it is a scalar quantity and would more accurately be called "escape speed". Space Wiki
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5 +1unnslipningshastighet
Egil Presttun


  

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unnslipningshastighet


Definition from Wikipedia:
Unnslipningshastighet eller parabolsk hastighet er minimumshastigheten et legeme må ha for å unnslippe gravitasjonfeltet til et annet legeme. Begrepet brukes innen astronomi og beskriver hvilken hastighet et legeme uten egen fremdrift må ha på overflaten av et himmellegeme for å unnslippe dets gravitasjonsfelt.

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  • Unnslipningshastighet omtales ofte som den parabolske hastighet, eller i russisk litteratur som den annen kosmiske hastighet. - Store norske leksikon  
Egil Presttun
Norway
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Native speaker of: Norwegian

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