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escape velocity

minimum speed needed for an object to escape the gravitational influence of a primary body
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Summary

escape velocity ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,333 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Follows: first cosmic velocity[2]
  • Followed by: third cosmic velocity[3]
  • Subclass of: cosmic velocity[4]
  • Part of: gravity[5], spacecraft[6]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/escape-velocity[7]
  • Speed: 11.186 kilometre per second[8]
  • Studied by: orbital mechanics[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[11]

Why It Matters

escape velocity has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

spacecraft

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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