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escape velocity comparison table

Subject is a kind of has definition

velocity quantity The speed and the direction of an object's motion.

escape velocity velocity The velocity that a body requires to achieve a parabolic orbit around its primary (V_e = sqrt(2GM/R)). Escape velocity at Earth's surface is 11.2 km s^-1; of Moon, 2.4 km s^-1; of Sun, 617.7 km s^-1 (cf. orbital velocity).

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
velocity	quantity	The speed and the direction of an object's motion.
escape velocity	velocity	The velocity that a body requires to achieve a parabolic orbit around its primary (V_e = sqrt(2GM/R)). Escape velocity at Earth's surface is 11.2 km s^-1; of Moon, 2.4 km s^-1; of Sun, 617.7 km s^-1 (cf. orbital velocity).

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