Butch Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 At what rate does escape velocity diminish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Falls off as root(1/r), where r is the distance to the center of the massive body escaping from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 So for example, starting at the surface of the Earth, a graph of escape velocity would look like this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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